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PART 2 LOCAL ABORIGINAL LAND COUNCILS
Constitution of Local Aboriginal Land Council areas
5. (1) The Minister may, in the manner prescribed, constitute an area as a Local Aboriginal Land Council area.
(2) The Governor may make regulations for or with respect to the constitution of Local Aboriginal Land Council areas.
(3) Without affecting the generality of subsection (2), regulations may be made under that subsection for or with respect to:
(a) applications for the constitution of areas as Local Aboriginal Land Council areas;
(b) the making of recommendations to the Minister with respect to proposals to constitute Local Aboriginal Land Council areas;
(c) the lodging of objections against:
(i) the refusal of applications for the constitution of Local Aboriginal Land Council areas or the failure to deal with any such applications; and
(ii) proposals to constitute Local Aboriginal Land Council areas; and
(d) the reference to the Court of objections of the kind referred to in paragraph (c) and the hearing and determination by the Court of any such objections.
Constitution of Local Aboriginal Land Councils
6. (1) There is hereby constituted for each Local Aboriginal Land Council area a Local Aboriginal Land Council which shall be a body corporate.
(2) The corporate name of a Local Aboriginal Land Council shall be ``Local Aboriginal Land Council'' preceded by the name of the area of the Council.
(3) All adult Aborigines who are listed in the Local Aboriginal Land Council roll for a Local Aboriginal Land Council area shall be members of the Local Aboriginal Land Council for that area.
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