Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) An area that at the commencement of this Act is a reserve within the meaning of the Aborigines Act 1971 shall continue as a trust area for the purposes of this Act.
(2) Every by-law, resolution or order lawfully made by an Aboriginal council before the commencement of this Act that subsists at such commencement shall continue to have force and effect as if it had been made pursuant to this Act.
(3) Every order and decision made by an Aboriginal Court before the commencement of this Act that is operative at such commencement shall continue to be operative as if it had been made by that court constituted pursuant to this Act.
(4) A person who at the commencement of this Act holds an appointment for the purposes of the Aborigines Act 1971 shall, subject to the conditions of the person's appointment, continue to hold the appointment for the purposes of this Act, if the appointment is material to the purposes of this Act.
(5) A management of property of a person that was undertaken when the person was an assisted Aborigine within the meaning of the Aborigines' and Torres Strait Islanders' Affairs Act 1965 and that is maintained at the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to be a management of property under this Act and, unless it is terminated in accordance with this Act, shall be maintained in accordance with this Act.
(6) A management of property of an Aborigine that is maintained at the commencement of this Act shall continue to be maintained in accordance with this Act unless it is terminated in accordance with this Act.
(7) The Aborigines Welfare Fund maintained by the Corporation of the Under Secretary for Community Services shall continue to be maintained by the corporation in accordance with this Act.
(8) The Aborigines Welfare Fund mentioned in subsection (7) (the fund) is continued in existence subject to the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1977, part 8, division 2.1
(9) Accounts for the fund must be kept as part of the departmental accounts of the department.
(10) However, amounts received for the fund must be deposited in a departmental financial-institution account of the department used only for amounts received for the fund.
(11) In this section--
departmental accounts, of a department, means the accounts of the department under the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1977, section 12.
departmental financial-institution account, of a department, means an account of the department kept under the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1977, section 18.