Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS (NORTHERN TERRITORY) ACT 1976 - SECT 22

             (1)  A Land Council:

                     (a)  is a body corporate, with perpetual succession;

                     (b)  shall have a common seal;

                     (c)  may acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property; and

                     (d)  may sue and be sued in its corporate name.

Note 1:       Subject to section 22A, the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 applies to a Land Council. That Act deals with matters relating to reporting and accountability, banking and investment, and conduct of officers.

Note 2:       The activities or operations of a Land Council may be evaluated or audited: see paragraph 193X(1)(ca) of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005 .

             (2)  All courts, judges and persons acting judicially shall take notice of the common seal of a Land Council affixed to a document and shall presume that it was duly affixed.