Queensland Consolidated Acts

COMMUNITY SERVICES (ABORIGINES) ACT 1984 - SECT 4

In this Act--

Aboriginal Council Accounting Standards see section 50(1).

Aboriginal land has the meaning given by section 10 of the Aboriginal Land Act 1991.

Aboriginal police officer means a person appointed under section 76 as an Aboriginal police officer for a council area.

advertised proposed by-law, for part 7, see section 123(a).

alcohol has the same meaning as liquor in the Liquor Act 1992.2

amended proposed by-law, for part 7, see section 123(b).

appealable decision, for part 6, see section 95.

approved form means a form approved under section 181.

by-laws, in relation to an Aboriginal council, includes--

(a) by-laws made by the council as the authority charged with the functions of local government of a council area; and

(b) by-laws made by the council as trustee of an area by reason of the land comprising the area having been granted in trust or reserved and set apart by the Governor in Council under the provisions of law relating to Crown lands and vested in or placed under the control of the council.

canteen see the Indigenous Communities Liquor Licences Act 2002, schedule.

certified copy, for part 7, see section 114.

closing day for objections and submissions, for part 6, see section 97(2).

community area means a council area or the Shire of Aurukun or Mornington.

community council means an Aboriginal council or the Council of the Shire of Aurukun or Mornington.

community justice group means a community justice group established under part 5 for a community area.

consultation period, for part 7, see section 120(1) or 129(1).

coordinator, for a community justice group, means the person appointed under section 90 by the group to perform the functions of coordinator for the group.

corporation means the corporation sole preserved, continued in existence and constituted under this Act by the name and style Aboriginal and Islander Affairs Corporation.

council area means a part of the State declared to be a council area under section 39.

drafting certificate, for part 7, see section 114.

dry place, for part 6, see section 95.

entity, for part 6, see section 95.

fermenter, for part 6, see section 95.

home-brew concentrate, for part 6, see section 95.

home-brew kit, for part 6, see section 95.

homemade alcohol, for part 6, see section 95.

Islander means a descendant of an indigenous inhabitant of the Torres Strait Islands.

liquor provisions means--

(a) section 103; and

(b) the Liquor Act 1992, sections 168B, 169 and 171.3

member, for parts 5 and 6, means a member of a community justice group.

model by-law, for part 7, see section 115(1).

non-Aboriginal land means land that is not Aboriginal land.

notional GST means amounts an Aboriginal council may pay under the GST and Related Matters Act 2000, section 5.4

police officer in charge, for a council area, means the police officer in charge of the police station in the area or, if there is no police station in the area, the police officer in charge of the nearest police station.

possess, for part 6, see section 95.

prescribed community area, for part 6, see section 95.

private place, for part 6, see section 95.

proposed authorising law, for part 7, see section 134(1).

proposed by-law, for part 7, see section 118(1) or (2).

public place, for part 6, see section 95.

required number, for part 7, see section 114.

State interest, for a by-law or subordinate by-law, a provision of a by-law or subordinate by-law, or a provision of a proposed by-law or subordinate by-law, means--

(a) an interest that affects an economic, social or environmental interest of the State or a region; or

(b) an interest in ensuring there is an efficient, effective and accountable system of local government in the council area to which the law relates; or

(c) an interest prescribed under a regulation.

subordinate by-law, for part 7, see section 116.