774 (J x xtzh txttr ANNO VICESIMO ELIZABETHAE SECUNDAE REGINAE No. 59 of 1971 An Act to provide for the conduct of reserves for Aborigines and for the admission thereto of persons who wish to reside there ; for the grant of assistance to Aborigines who seek it ; for the repeal of certain provisions of law ; and for related purposes [ASSENTED TO 16TH DECEMBER, 1971) BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- PART I-PRELIMINARY 1. Short title and commencement . (1) This Act may be cited as the Aborigines Act 1971. (2) This Act shall come into operation on a date appointed by the Governor by Proclamation published in the Gazette. 2. Duration of Act. (1) Save where this Act otherwise expressly provides, this Act shall cease to be in force upon the expiration of five years from the date of its commencement unless it is continued in force as prescribed by this section.
Aborigines Act 1971, No. 59 775 (2) The Governor in Council may from time to time, during the continuance in force of this Act, by Proclamation continue the Act or any provision thereof in force for a further period specified therein but not exceeding five years from the date on which the Act or the provision would otherwise have ceased to be in force pursuant to the preceding subsection or, as the case may be, pursuant to a Proclamation made for the purposes of this subsection, and in such case this Act or the provision shall cease to be in force upon the expiration of the period specified in the Proclamation last duly made. (3) A Proclamation made for the purposes of subsection (2) of this section shall be published in the Gazette and shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, be tabled by the Minister in the Legislative Assembly. 3. Arrangement of Act. This Act is arranged in Parts as follows:- PART I-PRELIMINARY (SS. 1-6); PART II-ADMINISTRATION (ss. 7-14); PART III-RESERVES (ss. * 15-35); PART IV-ASSISTANCE SOUGHT BY ABORIGINES (ss. 36-47); PART V-GENERAL PROVISIONS (ss. 48-57); SCHEDULE. 4. Repeals and savings . (1) The Acts and the enactment specified in the schedule to this Act are repealed and, in this Act, the Acts so repealed are referred to as the repealed Acts. (2) An area that, at the date of commencement of this Act, is a reserve or is an area set apart and reserved for Aborigines for the purposes of the repealed Acts shall be deemed to have been so reserved for the purposes of this Act. (3) A community for Aborigines under the repealed Acts that exists at the date of commencement of this Act shall be deemed to have been established under this Act. (4) A person who, at the date of commencement of this Act, holds an appointment for the…