Victorian Current Acts

ADVANCING THE TREATY PROCESS WITH ABORIGINAL VICTORIANS ACT 2018 - SECT 36

    (1)     The self-determination fund has the following purposes—

        (a)     supporting traditional owners and Aboriginal Victorians to have equal standing with the State in treaty negotiations;

        (b)     providing a financial resource, independent from the State, that empowers traditional owners and Aboriginal Victorians to build capacity, wealth and prosperity.

    (2)     In establishing the self-determination fund, the Aboriginal Representative Body and the State may include purposes additional to those specified in subsection (1) by agreement.

    (3)     The Aboriginal Representative Body and the State may vary any additional purposes of the self-determination fund agreed to under subsection (2) by agreement.

S. 37 amended by No. 33/2022 s. 21 (ILA s. 39B(1)).