Aborigines Welfare Regulations (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.

Regulations 1955. No. 1.

Regulations under the Aborigines Welfare

Ordinance 1954.*

T W I L F R E D S E L W Y N K E N T H U G H E S , Minister of State for the

A , Interior, in pursuance of the powers conferred by the Aborigines

Welfare Ordinance 1954, hereby make the following Regulations.

(.Dated this sixteenth day of March, 1955.

W. S. K E N T H U G H E S

Minister of State for the Interior.

A B O R I G I N E S W E L F A R E R E G U L A T I O N S .

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Aborigines Welfare Citation.

Regulations.

2. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears— Deflations.

" authorized person " means a person appointed under the next

succeeding regulation to be an authorized person;

" Manager " means a person appointed under the next succeeding

regulation to manage a reserve;

" t h e Ordinance " means the Aborigines Welfare Ordinance 1954.

3. The Minister may, by writing under his hand—	Minister may
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(a) appoint a person to manage a reserve; and Managersai (b) appoint a person to be an authorized person for the purposes authorized

M of these Regulations. person!,.

4.—(1.) A person other than— Entry of

( a ) a person returning to the reserve with the consent of the Preserve.™

Minister under section 6 of the Ordinance;

(b) a person ordered to reside in the reserve under section 7 of

the Ordinance;

(c) a resident of the reserve; or

(d) the Manager, an authorized person or a member of the

Police Force,

shall not enter, or remain on, a reserve without a permission in writing

granted under the next succeeding sub-regulation.

Pena l ty :	Ten pounds.
* Notified in the Commonwealth	Gazette on 24th March, 1955.

(2.) The Minister may grant permission in writing to enter or remain on a reserve and may specify in the permission conditions to be complied with by the person to whom it is granted.

Person

permitted to	5. A person granted a permission in writing under the last preceding
enter reserve	regulation—
to comply with
conditions.	(a ) shall not fail to comply with the conditions (if any) specified

in the permission;

(b) shall not refuse or fail to produce the permission for inspec- tion if so required by the Manager, an authorized person or a member of the Police Force; and
(c) shall not remain on the reserve when the purpose for which

the permission was granted no longer exists.

Pena l ty :  Ten pounds.

Maintenance of

discipline and	6.— -(J.J The Manager of a reserve may give such orders ^ F
good order on	instructions as are necessary to maintain discipline and good order on'
a reserve.
the reserve and to secure compliance with regulation 8 of these Regulations.

(2.) A person shall, while on a reserve, obey all reasonable orders and

instructions of the Manager which are applicable to the person.

Pena l ty :  Ten pounds.

Liquor and 7. A person shall not, except for use in case of accident or on the

drugs not to

be brought on	prescription of a legally qualified medical practitioner, bring any liquor
to a reserve.	or narcotic drug on to a reserve.

Pena l ty :  Ten pounds.

Certain acts,

and possession	8. A person shall not, on a reserve—
of certain
things,	(a) bet or wager or attempt or offer to bet or wager;
prohibited on	(b) play or take par t in games of chance, including lotteries or
a reserve.	sweepstakes, for money or other valuable th ing;

(c) use, or permit to be used, a place for a purpose specified in

the last two preceding paragraphs;

(d) keep any livestock or dogs without the permission of the

Manager;

(e) consume, or be in possession of, liquor or a narcotic drug without the permission of the Manager or a legal; | j» qualified medical practitioner; ^ P

( / ) be under the influence of liquor or a narcotic d rug ;

(g) be in possession of a poison without the permission of the

Manager;

(h) be in possession of a firearm;
(i) behave indecently or in a disorderly or unseemly manner ; or

( /) use threatening or obscene language.

Pena l ty :  Ten pounds.

Printed for the GOVERNMENT of the COMMONWEALTH by A. J. ARTHUR

at the Government Printing Office, Canberra.