Proclamation re commencement (2007-33) (NSW)

2007 No 33

New South Wales

Proclamation

under the

Aboriginal Land Rights Amendment Act 2006 No 111

MARIE BASHIR, Governor I, Professor Marie Bashir AC, CVO, Governor of the State of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of section 2 of the Aboriginal Land Rights Amendment Act 2006, do, by this my Proclamation, appoint 7 February 2007 as the day on which the following provisions of that Act commence:

(a)	sections 1–3 and 5,
(b)	Schedule 1 [2], [4], [5], [9]–[17], [32], [35], [45], [46], [49]–[51], [53]–[79], [81], [83], [96]–[102], [104], [109]–[113], [116]–[118], [125], [129], [130], [132], [134], [135], [138] and [140],
(c)	Schedule 1 [6], but only to the extent to which it inserts a definition of Region into section 4 (1),
(d)	Schedule 1 [47], except to the extent to which it inserts sections 106 (3) (e), 107 and 131,
(e)	Schedule 1 [136], but only to the extent to which it inserts Part 3 of Schedule 3,
(f)	Schedule 1 [139], but only to the extent to which it inserts the heading to, and clauses 40, 43, 44 and 47 (3) and (4) of, Part 7 of Schedule 4.

Signed and sealed at Sydney, this 31st day of January 2007.

By Her Excellency’s Command,

REBA MEAGHER, M.P.,
Minister for Aboriginal Affairs

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Published in Gazette No 24 of 2 February 2007, page 585	Page 1
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Proclamation Explanatory note
Explanatory note

The object of this Proclamation is to commence certain provisions of the Aboriginal Land Rights Amendment Act 2006 that amend the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 in relation to the following matters:

(a)	the functions of, and elections of councillors for, the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council,
(b)	unlawful land dealings with land vested in an Aboriginal Land Council,
(c)	the abolition of Regional Aboriginal Land Councils,
(d)	the establishment of Regions for the purpose of elections for the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council,
(e)	offences by corporations.

BY AUTHORITY