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Details: C2004A03897
- C2004A03897
Act No. 149 of 1989 as made
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER STUDIES ACT 1989 No. 149, 1989
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER STUDIES ACT 1989 No. 149 of 1989 - TABLE OF PROVISIONS
PART 2-AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT
4.      Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait
PART 3-FUNCTIONS OF INSTITUTE
5.      Functions of Institute
6.      Powers of Institute
PART 4-MEMBERS OF INSTITUTE
7.      Members of Institute
8.      Period of membership
9.      Resignation
10.      Register of members
11.      Rights of members
PART 5-COUNCIL OF INSTITUTE
Division 1-Constitution of Council
12.      Constitution of Council
13.      Responsibilities of Council
14.      Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of Council
Division 2-Administrative provisions
15.      Term of office
16.      Remuneration and allowances
17.      Leave of absence
18.      Acting appointments
19.      Disclosure of interests
20.      Resignation
21.      Termination of membership of Council
22.      Other terms and conditions
Division 3-Operations of Council
23.      Meetings of Council
PART 6-PRINCIPAL
24.      Principal
25.      Period of appointment
26.      Remuneration and allowances
27.      Resignation
28.      Other terms and conditions
PART 7-STAFF
29.      Staff
30.      Consultants
PART 8-RESEARCH ADVISORY COMMITTEE
31.      Research Advisory Committee
32.      Functions of Research Advisory Committee
33.      Remuneration and allowances
34.      Resignation
35.      Other terms and conditions
PART 9-FINANCE
36.      Money payable to the Institute
37.      Estimates
38.      Application of money held by Institute
39.      Exemption from taxation
40.      Application of Audit Act
PART 10-MISCELLANEOUS
41.      Certain information not to be disclosed
42.      Informing Minister and Commission about general conduct
43.      Minister or Commission may ask for advice
44.      Delegation to Principal or staff
45.      Remuneration and allowances
46.      Offences relating to grants
47.      Conduct of directors, servants and agents
48.      Rules
49.      Regulations
PART 11-CONSEQUENTIAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
50.      Interpretation
Division 2-Repeal
51.      Repeal
Division 3-Transitional provisions
52.      Interim Council
53.      First Principal of the Institute
54.      Transfer of assets and liabilities of old Institute
55.      Old Institute instruments
56.      Pending proceedings
57.      Research Advisory Committee
58.      Annual report and financial statements
59.      Certificates with respect to assets, liabilities
60.      State or Territory officer may act on certificate
61.      Transfer of appropriated money
62.      Contracts of employment not preserved
63.      Transfer of sstaff to Australian Public Service
64.      Operation of Superannuation Benefit (Interim
Arrangement) Act
65.      Exemption from taxation
Division 4-Consequential amendments of other Acts
66.      Remuneration Tribunal Act
67.      Sales Tax (Exemptions and Classifications) Act
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER STUDIES ACT 1989 No. 149 of 1989 - LONG TITLE
An Act to establish an Australian Institute of Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Studies, and for related purposes
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER STUDIES ACT 1989 No. 149 of 1989 - PART 1
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER STUDIES ACT 1989 No. 149 of 1989 - SECT 1
(Assented to 27 November 1989)
1. This Act may be cited as the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Act 1989.
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2. This Act commences on the commencement of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act 1989.
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"Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies" means research and study in relation to aspects of the culture, history and society of Aboriginal persons or Torres Strait Islanders;
"Aboriginal person" means a person of the Aboriginal race of Australia;
"Advisory Board" means the Torres Strait Islander Advisory Board established by section 82 of the Commission Act;
"appointed Councillor" means a Councillor referred to in paragraph 12 (1) (b) or (c);
"Commission" means the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission established by section 6 of the Commission Act;
"Commission Act" means the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act 1989;
"Council" means the Council of the Institute referred to in section 12;
"Council Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Council appointed under subsection 14 (1);
"elected Councillor" means a Councillor referred to in paragraph 12 (1) (a);
"Institute" means the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies established by section 4;
"Institute rules" means rules made by the Council under section 48;
"Principal" means the Principal of the Institute referred to in section 24;
"Research Advisory Committee" means the Research Advisory Committee of the Institute referred to in section 31;
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PART 2-AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL AND
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER STUDIES ACT 1989 No. 149 of 1989 - SECT 4
4.(1) An Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies is established.
(d)  may sue and be sued.
(3) The seal of the Institute shall be kept in such custody as the Council
directs and shall not be used except as authorised by the Council.
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AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER STUDIES ACT 1989 No. 149 of 1989 - SECT 5
5. The Institute has the following functions:
(a)  to undertake and promote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies;
(b)  to publish the results of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies and to assist in the publication of the results of such studies;
(c)  to conduct research in fields relevant to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies and to encourage other persons or bodies to conduct such research;
(d)  to assist in training persons, particularly Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait Islanders, as research workers in fields relevant to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies;
(e)  to establish and maintain a cultural resource collection consisting of materials relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies;
(f)  to encourage understanding, in the general community, of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander societies;
(g)  such other functions as are conferred on the Institute by this Act;
(h)  to do anything else that is incidental or conducive to the performance of any of the preceding functions.
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6. (1) The Institute has power to do all things that are necessary or convenient to be done for or in connection with the performance of its functions.
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7.(1) The following persons are, subject to this Part, members of the Institute:
(a)  all persons who, immediately before the commencement of this section, were members of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies;
(b)  all persons who, immediately before that commencement, were listed in a register maintained by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies as associate members or corresponding members of that Institute;
(c)  such other persons as are appointed by the Council to be members of the Institute.
(a)  the person has applied for membership of the Institute in accordance with the Institute rules;
(b)  the person has a demonstrated interest in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies;
(c)  the Research Advisory Committee has advised the Council whether or not the Committee considers the person should be appointed; and
(d)  the Council has considered the advice of the Committee.
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8. (1) A person who becomes a member of the Institute because of paragraph 7 (1) (a), or because of an appointment under paragraph 7 (1) (c), continues to be a member because of that paragraph or appointment for a period of 5 years.
(2) A person who becomes a member of the Institute because of paragraph 7 (1) (b) continues to be a member because of that paragraph:
(a)  in the case of a person listed as an associate member of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies-for a period equal to so much of the person's term as an associate member as remained unexpired at the commencement of this section; and
(b)  in the case of a person listed as a corresponding member of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies-for a period of 5 years.
(3) Nothing in this section prevents the Council from appointing as a member
of the Institute a person who has previously been a member of the Institute.
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9. A member of the Institute may resign by writing signed by him or her and sent to the Principal.
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10. The Principal shall establish and maintain a register of the members of the Institute.
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11. Membership of the Institute does not confer any rights or powers other than those expressly conferred by this Act or by the Institute rules.
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AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER STUDIES ACT 1989 No. 149 of 1989 - DIVISION 1
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12.(1) There shall be a Council of the Institute consisting of the following members:
(a)  4 persons elected by the members of the Institute in accordance with the Institute rules, being persons who are themselves members of the Institute;
(b)  one person appointed by the Minister, being a person who is a Torres Strait Islander and whose appointment has been recommended by the Advisory Board;
(c)  4 other persons appointed by the Minister, being persons who are Aboriginal persons or Torres Strait Islanders.
(2) All the Councillors hold office on a part-time basis.
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13. It is the responsibility of the Council to ensure the proper and efficient performance of the functions of the Institute and to determine the policy of the Institute with respect to any matter.
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14. (1) The Minister shall appoint a Chairperson and a Deputy Chairperson of the Council from among the Councillors.
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15. (1) An appointed Councillor holds office for such period, not exceeding 4 years, as is specified in the instrument of appointment.
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16. A Councillor is entitled to remuneration and allowances in accordance with section 45.
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17. (1) The Minister may grant a Councillor leave of absence from duty on such terms and conditions as to remuneration or otherwise as the Minister determines in writing.
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18. (1) The Deputy Chairperson of the Council shall act as the Council Chairperson:
(a)  during a vacancy in the office of Council Chairperson, whether or not an appointment has previously been made to the office; or
(b)  during any period, or during all periods, when the Council Chairperson is absent from duty or from Australia or is, for any reason, unable to perform the duties of the office.
(a)  during a vacancy in that office, whether or not an appointment has previously been made to the office; or
(b)  during any period, or during all periods, when the appointed Councillor is absent from duty or from Australia, or is, for any reason, unable to perform the duties of the office.
(a)  shall not continue so to act for more than 6 months; and
(b)  shall not be re-appointed to act during that vacancy for a period that would be continuous with the period of 6 months from the date when the person first started acting during that vacancy.
(7) Anything done by or in relation to a person purporting to act under an appointment made under this section is not invalid merely because:
(b)  there was a defect or irregularity in connection with the appointment;
(d)  the occasion to act had not arisen or had ceased.
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER STUDIES ACT 1989 No. 149 of 1989 - SECT 19
19. (1) A Councillor who has a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a matter being considered or about to be considered by the Council shall, as soon as possible after the relevant facts have come to the Councillor's knowledge, disclose the nature of the interest at a meeting of the Council.
(2) A disclosure under subsection (1) shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting of the Council and the Councillor shall not:
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20. A Councillor may resign by writing signed by him or her and sent to the Minister.
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21. (1) The Minister may terminate a person's membership of the Council because of misbehaviour or physical or mental incapacity.
(a)  is absent, except on leave granted under section 17, from 3 consecutive meetings of the Council; or
(b)  fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with section 19;
the Minister shall terminate the person's membership of the Council.
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22. A Councillor holds office on such terms and conditions (if any) in respect of matters not provided for by this Act as are determined by the Minister by notice in writing published in the Gazette.
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23. (1) The Council Chairperson shall convene such meetings of the Council as, in the Chairperson's opinion, are necessary for the efficient performance of the Council's responsibilities.
(a)  a Councillor who is present at a meeting is required by section 19 not to be present during the deliberations, or to take part in any decision, of the Council with respect to a particular matter; and
(b)  when the Councillor leaves the meeting there is no longer a quorum present;
(a)  if the Deputy Chairperson of the Council is present, the Deputy Chairperson of the Council shall preside at the meeting; and
(b)  in any other case, the Councillors present shall elect one of their number to preside at the meeting.
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24.(1) There shall be a Principal of the Institute who shall be appointed by the Council.
(2) The Principal shall, subject to subsection (3), manage the day-to-day administration of the Institute.
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25. (1) The Principal holds office for such period, not exceeding 5 years, as is specified in the instrument of appointment.
(2) A person who has attained the age of 65 years shall not be appointed as Principal and a person shall not be appointed as Principal for a period that extends beyond the day on which the person will attain the age of 65 years.
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26. The Principal is entitled to remuneration and allowances in accordance with section 45.
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27. The Principal may resign by writing signed by him or her and sent to the Council.
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28. The Principal holds office on such terms and conditions (if any) in respect of matters not provided for by this Act as are determined by the Council by notice in writing published in the Gazette.
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29.(1) Subject to section 30, the staff required to assist the Institute in the performance of its functions shall be persons appointed or employed under the Public Service Act 1922.
(2) The Principal has all the powers of, or exercisable by, a Secretary of a Department of the Australian Public Service under the Public Service Act 1922, so far as those powers relate to the branch of the Australian Public Service comprising the staff referred to in subsection (1), as if that branch were a separate Department of the Australian Public Service.
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30. (1) The Principal may, on behalf of the Institute, engage as consultants to the Institute persons having suitable qualifications and experience.
(2) The terms and conditions on which consultants are engaged shall be as
determined by the Council by notice published in the Gazette.
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AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER STUDIES ACT 1989 No. 149 of 1989 - SECT 31
31.(1) There shall be a Research Advisory Committee of the Institute consisting of the following members:
(a)  3 members of the Council appointed by the Council;
(b)  8 members of the Institute elected by the members of the Institute in accordance with the Institute rules;
(c)  the Principal.
(2) A member who was appointed under paragraph (1) (a) ceases to be a member if he or she ceases to be a Councillor.
(3) A person elected as a member as mentioned in paragraph (1) (b) ceases to be a member of the Research Advisory Committee if he or she ceases to be a member of the Institute.
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Functions of Research Advisory Committee
32. The Research Advisory Committee has the following functions:
(a)  to assess applications for research grants made to the Institute and to make recommendations to the  Council in relation to such applications;
(b)  to advise the Council in relation to research matters;
(c)  to advise the Council in relation to applications for membership of the Institute.
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33. A member of the Research Advisory Committee is entitled to remuneration and allowances in accordance with section 45.
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34. A member of the Research Advisory Committee may resign by writing signed by him or her and sent to the Council.
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35. A member of the Research Advisory Committee holds office for such period, and on such terms and conditions in respect of matters not provided for by this Act, as are determined by the Council by notice published in the Gazette.
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Money payable to the Institute
36.(1) There is payable to the Institute such money as is appropriated by the Parliament for the purposes of the Institute.
(2) The Minister for Finance may give directions as to the amounts in which, and the times at which, money so appropriated is to be paid to the Institute.
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37. (1) The Council shall prepare estimates, in such form as the Minister directs, of the receipts and expenditure of the Institute for each financial year and, if the Minister so directs, for any other period specified by the Minister, and the Council shall submit estimates so prepared to the Minister not later than such date as the Minister directs.
(2) The money of the Institute, other than money held on trust, shall not be spent otherwise than in accordance with estimates of expenditure approved by the Minister.
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER STUDIES ACT 1989 No. 149 of 1989 - SECT 38
Application of money held by Institute
38. Money held by the Institute shall be applied only:
(a)  in payment or discharge of the costs, expenses and other obligations incurred by the Institute in the performance of its functions and the exercise of its powers;
(b)  in payment of any remuneration and allowances payable to any person under this Act or any other Act; and
(c)  in making any other payments which the Institute is authorised or required to make under this Act.
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39. The Institute is not subject to taxation (including taxation under the
Debits Tax Act 1982) under any law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory.
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Application of Audit Act
40. (1) It is hereby declared that the Institute is a public authority to which Division 3 of Part XI of the Audit Act 1901 applies.
(2) The Audit Act 1901 applies in relation to the Institute as if the Institute were not a Department for the purposes of Part VII of that Act.
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Certain information not to be disclosed
41.(1) Where information or other matter has been deposited with the Institute under conditions of restricted access, the Institute or the Council shall not disclose that information or other matter except in accordance with those conditions.
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Informing Minister and Commission about general conduct of Institute
42. (1) The Council shall:
(a) from time to time inform the Minister about the general conduct of the activities of the Institute; and
(b) give to the Minister such information about the activities of the Institute as the Minister from time to time requires.
(2) The Council may from time to time inform the Commission about the general conduct of the activities of the Institute.
(3) Where the Council receives a request from the Commission for information about the activities of the Institute, the Council may give to the Commission such information relating to the activities of the Institute as the Council thinks appropriate.
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Minister or Commission may ask for advice
43. (1) The Minister or the Commission may, from time to time, ask the Council to provide advice on aspects of the culture, history and society of Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait Islanders.
(b) may comply with a request under subsection (1) made by the Commission.
(b) if the Council considers it appropriate to do so-arrange for the conduct of research into the matter to which the request relates by or on behalf of the Institute, and prepare its advice having regard to that research and to any other relevant information that is otherwise in the possession of the Institute.
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Delegation to Principal or staff
44. The Institute may, by writing under its seal, delegate any or all of its functions and powers to the Principal or to a member of the staff of the Institute.
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45. (1) The following provisions apply in relation to the holder of an office who is, by a provision of this Act, entitled to remuneration and allowances in accordance with this section:
(a)  the holder of the office shall be paid such remuneration as is determined by the Remuneration Tribunal;
(b)  if no determination of that remuneration by the Remuneration Tribunal is in operation, the holder of the office shall be paid such remuneration as is determined, in writing, by the Minister;
(c)  the holder of the office shall be paid such allowances as are determined, in writing, by the Minister.
(2) A determination by the Minister for the purposes of paragraph (1) (b) or (c) is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 46A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
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Offences relating to grants
46. A person shall not, in connection with, or with an application for, a grant or loan from the Institute:
(a)  make a statement that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular; or
(b)  present a document that, to the person's knowledge, contains information that is false or misleading in a material particular.
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER STUDIES ACT 1989 No. 149 of 1989 - SECT 47
47. (1) Where, in proceedings for an offence against this Act, it is necessary to establish the state of mind of a body corporate in relation to particular conduct, it is sufficient to show:
(a)  that the conduct was engaged in by a director, servant or agent of the body corporate within the scope of his or her actual or apparent authority; and
(a)  that the conduct was engaged in by a servant or agent of the person within the scope of his or her actual or apparent authority; and
(b)  the person would not have been convicted of the offence if subsections (3) and (4) had not been enacted;
(a)  an offence created by the regulations; and
(b)  an offence created by section 5, 6, 7, 7A, 29C or 29D, or subsection 86 (1), of the Crimes Act 1914, being an offence that relates to this Act or the regulations.
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48. (1) The Council may make rules, not inconsistent with this Act or the regulations, prescribing matters:
(a)  required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed by the Institute rules; or
(b)  necessary or convenient to be prescribed by the Institute rules in connection with the conduct of the affairs of the Institute.
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49. (1) The Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters:
(a)  prescribe fees payable in respect of any matter under this Act; and
(b)  provide penalties for breaches of the regulations not exceeding:
(i)  in the case of a natural person-$1,000; or
(ii)  in the case of a body corporate-$5,000.
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50. In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:
''assets'' means property of every kind, and, without limiting the generality appears: of the foregoing, includes:
(a)  choses in action; and
(b)  rights, interests and claims of every kind in or to property, whether
arising under or by virtue of an instrument or otherwise, and whether liquidated or unliquidated, certain or contingent, accrued or accruing;
''authorised officer'' means the Minister, the Principal or a member of the staff of the new Institute authorised by the Minister in writing for the purposes of this Part;
''commencement'' means the commencement of this Act;
''liabilities'' means liabilities of every kind, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes obligations of every kind, whether arising under or by virtue of an instrument or otherwise, and whether liquidated or unliquidated, certain or contingent, accrued or accruing;
''new Institute'' means the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies;
''old Institute'' means the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies;
''old Institute instrument'' means an instrument:
(a)  to which the old Institute was a party;
(b)  that was given to or in favour of the old Institute;
(c)  in which a reference is made to the old Institute; or
(d)  under which money is, or may become, payable, or any other property is to be, or may become liable to be, transferred, to or by the old Institute;
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51. The Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Act 1964 is repealed.
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52. (1) This section applies in spite of anything in Part 5.
(3) Appointments of persons to the Council made under paragraphs 12 (1) (b) and (c) during the transitional period take effect at the end of the transitional period.
"transitional period" means the period starting at the commencement and ending:
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First Principal of the Institute
53. The following provisions apply in relation to the first Principal of the Institute in spite of anything to the contrary in Part 6:
(a)  the first Principal shall be the person who, immediately before the commencement, held the office of Principal of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies;
(b)  that person commences to hold the office of Principal at the commencement as if he or she had been appointed to that office by the Council for a period (in this section called the "notional appointment period") equal
to so much of the person's term as Principal of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies as remained unexpired immediately before the commencement;
(c)  that person is, as holder of the office of Principal during the notional appointment period, entitled to remuneration and allowances in accordance with section 45;
(d)  except as provided by paragraph (c), the terms and conditions applicable to that person as holder of the office of Principal during the notional appointment period are the same as the terms and conditions that were applicable to the person as holder of the office of Principal of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies immediately before the commencement.
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Transfer of assets and liabilities of old Institute
54. (1) At the commencement, the assets and liabilities of the old Institute become assets and liabilities of the new Institute.
(a)  an asset that was, immediately before the commencement, held by the old Institute on trust shall, after the commencement, be held by the new Institute on trust and subject to the terms of the trust on which the asset was so held by the old Institute;
(b)  liabilities of the old Institute to make payments shall, after the commencement, be taken to be liabilities incurred by the new Institute in the performance of its functions and the exercise of its powers.
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Old Institute instruments
55. An old Institute instrument continues to have effect after the commencement but, in its operation in relation to acts, transactions, matters or things done, entered into or occurring after the commencement, has effect as if a reference in the instrument to the old Institute were a reference to the new Institute.
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56. Where, immediately before the commencement, proceedings to which the old Institute was a party were pending in any court, the new Institute is, after the commencement, substituted for the old Institute as a party to the proceedings and has the same rights in the proceedings as the old Institute had.
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57. (1) A member of the Research Advisory Committee appointed under paragraph 31 (1) (a) during the transitional period ceases to hold office as a member of the Research Advisory Committee at the end of the transitional period.
(2) Until persons have been appointed or elected to all the positions on the Research Advisory Committee covered by paragraphs 31 (1) (a) and (b), the quorum at a meeting of the Research Advisory Committee is constituted by a majority of the number of members of the Research Advisory Committee holding office on the day of the meeting.
"transitional period" has the same meaning as it has in section 52.
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58. Division 3 of Part XI of the Audit Act 1901 applies in relation to the year ending on the first 30 June after the commencement as if the old Institute were the same body as the new Institute, subject to the following qualifications:
(a)  the accounts and records to which section 63L of that Act applies are the accounts and records of the new Institute and such of the accounts and records of the old Institute as are in the possession of the new Institute;
(b)  the new Institute and the Auditor-General may, in discharging their obligations under section 63M of that Act, rely on accounts and records of the old Institute that are in the possession of the new Institute or to which the new Institute is allowed access and on any other information provided to the new Institute by any person who was a member of the Council, or of the staff, of the old Institute;
(c)  for the purposes of paragraph 63M (2) (c) of that Act, the old Institute and the new Institute shall be treated as having been established by their respective establishing enactments.
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59. (1) An authorised officer may, by writing, certify that:
(a)  an asset or liability specified or described in the certificate became, because of section 54, an asset or liability of the new Institute; or
(b)  an instrument specified or described in the certificate is an old Institute instrument.
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State or Territory officer may act on certificate
60. Where:
(a)  under section 54, an estate or interest in land becomes an asset of the new Institute; and
(b)  a certificate that:
(i)  identifies the land and the estate or interest;
(ii)  states that the estate or interest has, because of that section,
become an asset of the new Institute; and
(iii)  is signed by an officer of the Attorney-General's Department
authorised by the Secretary to that Department to give such certificates;
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61. (1) The following provisions have effect for the purposes of the operation of an Appropriation Act after the commencement:
(a)  references in the Act to the old Institute shall be read as references to the new Institute;
(b)  references in the Act to the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Act 1964 shall be read as references to this Act.
"Appropriation Act" means an Act appropriating money for expenditure in respect of a financial year and includes an Act appropriating money, by way of interim provision, for such expenditure.
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Contracts of employment not preserved
62. Nothing in this Part preserves a contract of employment entered into by the old Institute.
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Transfer of staff to Australian Public Service
63. Section 81B of the Public Service Act 1922 has effect in relation to any person who, immediately before the commencement:
(a)  was employed by the old Institute; and
(b)  was an unattached officer for the purposes of the Public Service Act 1922;
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64. (1) The Superannuation Act and any related law apply in relation to any person who:
(d) the continuity of the person's employment was not affected by the abolition of the old Institute and the establishment of the new Institute.
"related law" means any law of the Commonwealth, to the extent that it relates to the superannuation benefits covered by the Superannuation Act;
"Superannuation Act" means the Superannuation Benefit (Interim Arrangement) Act 1988.
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65. An instrument is not subject to stamp duty or any other tax under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory if an authorised officer certifies, in writing, that the instrument was made or given because of, or for a purpose connected with, this Division.
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66. Section 7 of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973*1* is amended by inserting
''(acb)  in the case of remuneration or allowances payable to a person who holds an office or appointment under the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Act 1989-be paid in accordance with the determination out of money of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies that is lawfully available to pay the remuneration or allowances;''. *1* No. 215, 1973, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 80, 1974; No. 96, 1975; Nos. 60 and 178, 1978; Nos. 26, 108, 136 and 155, 1979; No. 160, 1980; Nos. 61, 74 and 176, 1981; Nos. 78 and 111, 1982; Nos. 39 and 128, 1983; Nos. 63, 73 and 164, 1984; Nos. 65 and 187, 1985; and Nos. 87, 109 and 123, 1988.
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67. The First Schedule to the Sales Tax (Exemptions and Classifications) Act 1935*2* is amended by omitting from item 75 "the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies" and substituting "the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies". *2* No. 60, 1935, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 41, 1936; No. 78, 1938; No. 32, 1939; Nos. 29 and 76, 1940; No. 32, 1941; No. 6, 1942; Nos. 35 and 44, 1943; No. 31, 1944; No. 36, 1945; Nos. 12 and 67, 1946; No. 65, 1947; No. 42, 1948; No. 54, 1949; No. 37, 1950; No. 42, 1951; No. 44, 1952; No. 53, 1953; No. 45, 1954; No. 5, 1956; No. 71, 1957; No. 17 and 92, 1959; Nos. 65 and 88, 1960; Nos. 1 and 76, 1961; No. 4, 1962; No. 44, 1963; No. 30, 1965; Nos. 26 and 62, 1966; Nos. 21, 29 and 80, 1967; No. 78, 1970; Nos. 67 and 87, 1972; Nos. 17, 181 and 216, 1973; No. 24, 1975; No. 175, 1976; No. 107, 1978; Nos. 3, 94 and 157, 1979; No. 142, 1981; Nos. 64, 93 and 115, 1982; Nos. 63, 84 and 136, 1983; Nos. 81, 123 and 165, 1984; Nos. 65 and 67, 1985; Nos. 28, 76 and 98, 1986; Nos. 42, 135 and 140, 1987; and Nos. 78, 89 and 152, 1988.