AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL STUDIES ACT 1964 [Note: This Act is "repealed" by Act No. 149 of 1989]
(#DATE 31:07:1983)
Compilation Information
- Reprinted as at 31 July 1983
*1* The Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Act 1964 as shown in this
reprint comprises Act No. 56, 1964 amended as indicated in the Tables below.
(The citation "Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Act 1964" is
provided for by the Amendments Incorporation Act 1905 and the Acts Citation
Act
1976.)
Table of Acts
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Application, saving
Number Date Date of or
transitional Act and year of Assent commencement
provisions
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Australian Institute
of Aboriginal
Studies Act 1964 56, 1964 2 June
1964 2 June 1964
Statute Law Revision
(Decimal Currency)
Act 1966 93, 1966 29 Oct
1966 1 Dec 1966 -
Statute Law Revision
Act 1973 216, 1973 19 Dec
1973 31 Dec 1973 Ss. 9 (1)
and 10
Administrative
Changes
(Consequential
Provisions) Act 1978 36, 1978 12 June
1978 12 June 1978 S. 8
Statute Law Revision
Act 1981
as
amended
by 61, 1981 12 June
1981 S. 115: Royal
Assent (a) -
Statute Law
(Miscellaneous
Amendments) Act (No.
1) 1982 26, 1982 7 May 1982 S. 217: 12 June
1981 (b) -
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(a) The Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Act 1964 was amended by
section 115 only of the Statute Law Revision Act 1981, section 2 of which
provides that section 115 shall come into operation on Royal Assent.
(b) The Statute Law Revision Act 1981 was amended by section 217 only of
the
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (No. 1) 1982, sub-section 2 (11)
of
which provides that section 217 shall be deemed to have come into operation
on
12 June 1981.
Table of Amendments
ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and
substituted
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Provision affected How affected
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S. 3 . . . . . . . . . rep. No. 216, 1973
S. 21 . . . . . . . . am. No. 93, 1966; No. 216, 1973
S. 23 . . . . . . . . am. No. 36, 1978
S. 30 . . . . . . . . am. No. 216, 1973; No. 36, 1978; No. 61, 1981
(as
am. by No. 26, 1982)
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AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL STUDIES ACT 1964 - TABLE OF PROVISIONS
TABLE
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
PART I-PRELIMINARY
Section
1. Short title
2. Commencement
4. Interpretation
PART II-ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INSTITUTE
5. Establishment of Institute
6. Functions of Institute
7. Membership of Institute
8. Powers of the Institute
9. Transfer of material to Institute
10. Land and buildings
PART III-MANAGEMENT OF THE INSTITUTE
11. The Council
12. Membership of the Council
13. Acting member of Council
14. Resignation of members
15. Termination of office
16. Chairman or Deputy Chairman of Council
17. Meetings of Council
18. Committees of Council
19. Meetings of members
20. Allowances
21. Staff
22. Principal of the Institute
PART IV-FINANCE
23. Moneys payable to Institute
24. Bank accounts
25. Application of moneys
26. Particulars of proposed expenditure
27. Proper accounts to be kept
28. Audit
29. Exemption from taxation
PART V-MISCELLANEOUS
30. Reports
31. Rules
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL STUDIES ACT 1964 - LONG TITLE
SECT
An Act relating to the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL STUDIES ACT 1964 - SECT. 1.
Short title
SECT
PART I-PRELIMINARY
1. This Act may be cited as the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies
Act 1964.*1*
See notes to first article of this CHAPTER.
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL STUDIES ACT 1964 - SECT. 2.
Commencement
SECT
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the
Royal Assent.*1*
See notes to first article of this CHAPTER.
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL STUDIES ACT 1964 - SECT. 4.
Interpretation
SECT
4. In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears-
"aboriginal studies" means anthropological research and study in relation to
the aboriginal people of Australia (including research and study in respect of
culture and languages);
"member" means a member of the Council;
"the Council" means the Council of the Institute of Aboriginal Studies;
"the Institute" means the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies
established by this Act;
"the Rules" means the rules of the Institute made in pursuance of section
thirty-one of this Act.
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL STUDIES ACT 1964 - SECT. 5.
Establishment of Institute
SECT
PART II-ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INSTITUTE
5. (1) A body corporate is hereby established in the Australian Capital
Territory under the name "Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies".
(2) The Institute-
(a) has 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.
(3) All courts, judges and persons acting judicially shall take judicial
notice of the common seal of the Institute affixed to a document and shall
presume that it was duly affixed.
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL STUDIES ACT 1964 - SECT. 6.
Functions of Institute
SECT
6. (1) The functions of the Institute are-
(a) to promote aboriginal studies;
(b) to publish, or assist in the publication of, the results of aboriginal
studies;
(c) to encourage and assist co-operation amongst universities, museums and
other institutions concerned with aboriginal studies; and
(d) to assist universities, museums and other institutions in training
research workers in fields relevant to aboriginal studies.
(2) The Institute shall carry out its function of promoting aboriginal
studies primarily by giving financial and other assistance to the carrying on
of aboriginal studies under the auspices of universities, museums or other
institutions, but the Institute may, subject to this Act and to such extent as
appears to the Council to be necessary in order to complement the aboriginal
studies so carried on, contribute to the furtherance of aboriginal studies by
employing or engaging persons for the purpose of carrying on, or by directly
assisting persons carrying on, those studies.
(3) The Institute shall endeavour to ensure that materials presently
available for the purposes of aboriginal studies are used for those studies
before they cease to be available.
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL STUDIES ACT 1964 - SECT. 7.
Membership of Institute
SECT
7. (1) The Minister may, within one month after the commencement of this
Act, appoint not more than one hundred persons to be the foundation members of
the Institute.
(2) The Council may, from time to time, appoint persons to be members of the
Institute, but so that the number of persons who are members at any time by
virtue of appointment under this sub-section shall not exceed twenty.
(3) If a person who is not already a member of the Institute becomes a
member of the Council, he also becomes a member of the Institute, but such a
person does not continue to be a member of the Institute by virtue of this
sub-section after he ceases to be a member of the Council.
(4) The members of the Institute may, in accordance with the Rules, elect
other persons to be members of the Institute, but so that the number of
persons who are members of the Institute at any time by virtue of this
sub-section, together with the number of persons at that time retaining
membership by virtue of appointment as foundation members, shall not exceed
one hundred or such greater number as the Governor-General from time to time
determines.
(5) A person may resign his membership of the Institute by writing under his
hand addressed to the Chairman.
(6) The Rules may provide for the termination of the membership of members
of the Institute (other than members of the Council).
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL STUDIES ACT 1964 - SECT. 8.
Powers of the Institute
SECT
8. (1) The Institute has power to do all things that are necessary or
convenient to be done for or in connexion with the performance of its
functions.
(2) Without limiting the generality of the last preceding sub-section, the
powers of the Institute referred to in that sub-section include power-
(a) to purchase or take on hire or exchange, or to accept on deposit or
loan, material relevant to the functions of the Institute, and also
furnishings, equipment and goods needed for the purposes of the Institute;
(b) to dispose of, lend or hire out material or goods the property of the
Institute;
(c) to purchase or take on lease land or buildings and to erect buildings
necessary for the purposes of the Institute;
(d) to dispose of, or grant leases of, land or buildings vested in the
Institute;
(e) to occupy, use and control any land or building owned or held under
lease by the Commonwealth and made available for the purposes of the
Institute;
(f) to accept gifts, devises, bequests and assignments made to the
Institute (whether on trust or otherwise); and
(g) to act as trustee of moneys or other property vested in the Institute
upon trust, or to act on behalf of the Commonwealth or an authority of the
Commonwealth in the administration of a trust relating to property or matters
relevant to aboriginal studies.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, any moneys or other
property held by the Institute upon trust shall be dealt with in accordance
with the powers and duties of the Institute as trustee.
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL STUDIES ACT 1964 - SECT. 9.
Transfer of material to Institute
SECT
9. The Minister may, at the request of the Council, make arrangements with
the appropriate authority for the transfer to the Institute of the ownership,
use or custody of any material, equipment or goods belonging to the
Commonwealth.
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL STUDIES ACT 1964 - SECT. 10.
Land and buildings
SECT
10. The Governor-General may make available, for the purposes of the
Institute, any land or building owned or held under lease by the Commonwealth.
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL STUDIES ACT 1964 - SECT. 11.
The Council
SECT
PART III-MANAGEMENT OF THE INSTITUTE
11. (1) The affairs of the Institute shall be conducted by a Council, to be
known as the Council of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies.
(2) The Council shall commence to function when the Minister has declared by
notice published in the Gazette that the first members of the Council have
been duly appointed and elected.
(3) At any time before the Council has commenced to function, the Minister
may establish an Interim Council consisting of such persons as he appoints,
and may appoint a Chairman of the Interim Council.
(4) Unless sooner dissolved by the Minister, the Interim Council shall
remain in existence until the date on which the Council commences to function.
(5) The Interim Council shall do such things as it considers necessary in
connexion with the establishment of the Institute and the commencement of the
performance of the functions of the Institute and for that purpose shall have
all the powers and functions of the Council (including the power to make
rules).
(6) The Minister may give such directions as he thinks necessary in relation
to the Interim Council.
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL STUDIES ACT 1964 - SECT. 12.
Membership of the Council
SECT
12. (1) The Council shall consist of twenty-two persons, namely-
(a) the Principal of the Institute;
(b) two members of the Senate appointed by the Senate;
(c) two members of the House of Representatives appointed by that House;
(d) six persons appointed by the Governor-General; and
(e) eleven members of the Institute elected by the members of the Institute
in accordance with the Rules.
(2) A member of the Council appointed by a House of the Parliament holds
office, subject to this Act, for a period determined in accordance with a
resolution passed by that House at the time of his appointment.
(3) A member of the Council appointed by the Governor-General holds office,
subject to this Act, for such period, not exceeding three years, as is fixed
by the Governor-General at the time of his appointment.
(4) A member of the Council elected by the members of the Institute holds
office, subject to this Act, for a period determined in accordance with the
Rules.
(5) A member of the Council is eligible for re-election or re-appointment.
(6) The exercise or performance of the powers or functions of the Council is
not affected by reason only of there being a vacancy or vacancies in the
membership of the Council.
(7) The Rules may provide for the retirement in rotation of the members of
the Council elected by the members of the Institute.
(8) In the event of a member of the Council elected by the members of the
Institute ceasing to hold office before the expiration of his term of office,
the Council may appoint a member of the Institute to hold the vacant office
for the balance of that term, and this Act and the Rules apply to and in
relation to a person so appointed as if he had been elected by the members of
the Institute.
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL STUDIES ACT 1964 - SECT. 13.
Acting member of Council
SECT
13. (1) In the event of the inability to attend meetings (whether on account
of illness or otherwise) of a member of the Council elected by the members of
the Institute, the Council may appoint a person to be an acting member of the
Council during the period of that inability, and a person so appointed has all
the powers and functions of a member of the Council.
(2) The appointment of an acting member of the Council may be terminated at
any time by resolution of the Council.
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL STUDIES ACT 1964 - SECT. 14.
Resignation of members
SECT
14. (1) A member of the Council other than a member appointed by a House of
the Parliament may resign his office by writing under his hand addressed to
the Minister.
(2) A member of the Council appointed by a House of the Parliament may
resign his office by writing under his hand addressed to the President or
Speaker of that House.
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL STUDIES ACT 1964 - SECT. 15.
Termination of office
SECT
15. (1) The Governor-General may remove from office a member of the Council,
other than a member appointed by a House of the Parliament, for misbehaviour
or incapacity.
(2) A member of the Council appointed by a House of the Parliament-
(a) ceases to hold office if he ceases to be a member of that House; and
(b) may be removed from office by that House.
(3) For the purposes of the last preceding sub-section, a member of either
House of the Parliament shall be deemed not to have ceased to be a member of
that House while he continues to be entitled to the Parliamentary allowance
that became payable to him as such a member.
(4) If a member of the Council-
(a) becomes bankrupt, applies to take the benefit of any law for the relief
of bankrupt or insolvent debtors, compounds with his creditors or makes an
assignment of any moneys payable to him under this Act for their benefit;
(b) is absent for three consecutive meetings of the Council, except on
leave granted by the Council; or
(c) fails to comply with his obligations under the next succeeding
sub-section,
the Governor-General shall remove him from office.
(5) A member of the Council who is directly or indirectly interested in a
contract made or proposed to be made by the Institute, otherwise than as a
member, and in common with the other members, of an incorporated company
consisting of not less than twenty-five persons, shall, as soon as possible
after the relevant facts have come to his knowledge, disclose the nature of
his interest at a meeting of the Council.
(6) A disclosure under the last preceding sub-section shall be recorded in
the minutes of the Council, and the member-
(a) shall not take part after the disclosure in any deliberation or
decision of the Council with respect to that contract; and
(b) shall be disregarded for the purpose of constituting a quorum of the
Council for any such deliberation or decision.
(7) If an interest referred to in sub-section (5) of this section is patent,
that sub-section does not apply, but the last preceding sub-section applies as
if there has been a disclosure in accordance with sub-section (5) of this
section.
(8) If a member of the Council ceases to be a member of the Institute, he
ceases to be a member of the Council.
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL STUDIES ACT 1964 - SECT. 16.
Chairman or Deputy Chairman of Council
SECT
16. (1) The first Chairman of the Council shall be a member of the Council
appointed to be the Chairman by the Governor-General, and shall hold office as
Chairman until the election of a Chairman in accordance with the succeeding
provisions of this section.
(2) The members of the Council shall-
(a) within two years after the Council commences to function and from time
to time as occasion requires, elect one of their number to be the Chairman of
the Council; and
(b) as soon as convenient after the Council commences to function and from
time to time as occasion requires, elect one of their number to be the Deputy
Chairman of the Council,
and a Chairman or Deputy Chairman so elected holds office, unless he sooner
resigns or ceases to be a member of the Council or is sooner removed by the
Council, until the expiration of his term of office as a member of the Council
that is current at the time of his election as Chairman or Deputy Chairman.
(3) The Chairman of the Council is also the President of the Institute.
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL STUDIES ACT 1964 - SECT. 17.
Meetings of Council
SECT
17. (1) The Chairman or, if for any reason the Chairman is unable to act,
the Deputy Chairman-
(a) shall convene such meetings of the Council as he considers necessary
for the efficient conduct of its business; and
(b) shall, on receipt of a written request signed by not less than
twenty-five members of the Institute or ten members of the Council, convene a
meeting of the Council.
(2) The Chairman shall ensure that at least two meetings of the Council are
held in the year commencing on the first day of January next following the
date on which the Council commences to function and in each succeeding year.
(3) The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Council at which he is
present.
(4) In the event of the absence of the Chairman from a meeting of the
Council, the Deputy Chairman shall preside at that meeting.
(5) In the event of the absence of both the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman
from a meeting of the Council, the members present shall appoint one of their
number to preside at that meeting.
(6) At a meeting of the Council, ten members constitute a quorum.
(7) Subject to the next succeeding sub-section, all questions arising at a
meeting of the Council shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the
members present and voting, and for that purpose the member presiding at the
meeting has a deliberative vote.
(8) In the event of an equality of votes on a resolution proposed at a
meeting of the Council, the resolution shall be taken not to be passed, but if
the same resolution is proposed at the next meeting of the Council held at a
later date and there is again an equality of votes, the member presiding at
that meeting has a casting vote on the proposed resolution.
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL STUDIES ACT 1964 - SECT. 18.
Committees of Council
SECT
18. (1) There shall be an Executive Committee of the Council, consisting
of-
(a) the Chairman of the Council;
(b) the Principal of the Institute;
(c) four members of the Council appointed as members of the Executive
Committee by the Council; and
(d) one member of the Council appointed as a member of the Executive
Committee by the Minister.
(2) The Executive Committee may perform and exercise powers and functions of
the Council to such extent as is provided by the Rules, and shall assist the
Council as directed by the Council.
(3) A member of the Executive Committee appointed by the Council shall be
appointed for a period not exceeding one year, but may resign his office at
any time.
(4) The member of the Executive Committee appointed by the Minister shall be
appointed for such period as the Minister thinks fit, but may resign his
office at any time.
(5) A member of the Executive Committee is eligible for re-election or
re-appointment.
(6) The Executive Committee may co-opt a member or members of the Council to
be an additional member or members of the Executive Committee for the purposes
of consideration by that Committee of a particular matter or class of matters.
(7) Provision may be made by the Rules with respect to the conduct of the
business of the Executive Committee, including provision with respect to a
quorum and voting at meetings.
(8) The Council may establish such committees of its members, in addition to
the Executive Committee, as it thinks fit and such a committee shall assist
the Council as directed by the Council.
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL STUDIES ACT 1964 - SECT. 19.
Meetings of members
SECT
19. (1) Meetings of members of the Institute shall be convened by the
Council and such a meeting shall be held at least once in every period of two
years.
(2) The first meeting of members of the Institute shall be held within one
year after the commencement of this Act.
(3) Elections of members of the Council by the members of the Institute
shall be held, as occasion requires, in accordance with the Rules, at meetings
convened under this section.
(4) Subject to the Rules, the members present at a meeting convened under
this section may discuss, and adopt resolutions with respect to, matters
within the functions of the Institute.
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL STUDIES ACT 1964 - SECT. 20.
Allowances
SECT
20. (1) A member of the Council shall be paid by the Institute such
allowances (if any) in respect of his expenses as the Governor-General
determines.
(2) A member of the Council appointed by either House of the Parliament
shall not be paid any allowance under the last preceding sub-section, but
shall be reimbursed by the Institute in respect of such expenses as he
reasonably incurs as a member of the Council.
(3) The Council may, in its discretion, authorize payment by the Institute
of an amount in respect of expenses incurred by a member of the Institute in
connexion with attendance at a meeting of members of the Institute.
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL STUDIES ACT 1964 - SECT. 21.
Staff
SECT
21. (1) The Institute may, with the approval of the Minister, employ persons
for the purposes of the Institute.
(2) The terms and conditions of employment of persons employed under this
section are such as are determined by the Council, but the Council shall
comply with any direction of the Minister with respect to the determination of
those terms and conditions.
(3) The transfer or promotion of a person to an office in the service of the
Institute the annual rate of the salary, or of the maximum salary, of which
exceeds Seven thousand five hundred dollars, or such higher amount as is
determined by the Minister, is subject to the approval of the Minister.
(4) For the purposes of the last preceding sub-section, the salary of an
office shall be deemed not to be affected by variations made in accordance
with variations in the cost of living, and does not include any allowance that
is not in the nature of remuneration for services.
(5) Where a person employed by the Institute was, immediately before
becoming so employed, an officer of the Public Service of the Commonwealth-
(a) he retains his existing and accruing rights; and
(b) for the purpose of determining those rights, his service as a person so
employed shall be taken into account as if it were service in the Public
Service of the Commonwealth.
(7) The Institute shall be deemed to be-
(a) a Commonwealth authority for the purposes of the definition of
"Approved authority" in sub-section (1) of section four of the Superannuation
Act 1922-1963;
(b) a Commonwealth authority for the purposes of the Air Accidents
(Commonwealth Liability) Act 1963*2*; and
(c) an authority of the Commonwealth for the purposes of the Commonwealth
Employees' Furlough Act 1943-1959.*3*
*2*S. 21 (7)-Now cited as the Air Accidents (Commonwealth Government
Liability)
Act 1963.
*3*S. 21 (7)-The Commonwealth Employees' Furlough Act 1943 was repealed by
the
Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976 (No. 192, 1976).
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL STUDIES ACT 1964 - SECT. 22.
Principal of the Institute
SECT
22. (1) There is hereby established an office, in the service of the
Institute, of Principal of the Institute.
(2) The Principal is the executive member of the Council and has, under the
Council, the conduct of the affairs of the Institute.
(3) The Council may, by resolution, delegate to the Principal all or any of
the powers of the Council (except this power of delegation), either generally
or to the extent specified in the resolution.
(4) A delegation under this section is revocable by resolution of the
Council and does not prevent the exercise of a power by the Council.
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL STUDIES ACT 1964 - SECT. 23.
Moneys payable to Institute
SECT
PART IV-FINANCE
23. (1) There are payable to the Institute such moneys as are appropriated
by the Parliament for the purposes of the Institute.
(2) Moneys payable to the Institute under this section shall be paid in such
amounts and at such times as the Minister for Finance determines.
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL STUDIES ACT 1964 - SECT. 24.
Bank accounts
SECT
24. (1) The Institute may open and maintain an account or accounts with an
approved bank or approved banks and shall maintain at all times at least one
such account.
(2) The Institute shall pay all moneys of the Institute into an account
referred to in this section.
(3) In this section, "approved bank" means the Reserve Bank of Australia or
another bank approved by the Treasurer.
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL STUDIES ACT 1964 - SECT. 25.
Application of moneys
SECT
25. The moneys of the Institute shall be applied only in payment or
discharge of the costs and expenses of the Institute under this Act.
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL STUDIES ACT 1964 - SECT. 26.
Particulars of proposed expenditure
SECT
26. The Institute shall, not later than the thirty-first day of March in
each year, submit to the Minister particulars of proposed expenditure of the
Institute for the financial year commencing on the following first day of
July.
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL STUDIES ACT 1964 - SECT. 27.
Proper accounts to be kept
SECT
27. The Council shall cause to be kept proper accounts and records of the
transactions and affairs of the Institute and shall do all things necessary to
ensure that all payments out of the moneys of the Institute are correctly made
and properly authorized and that adequate control is maintained over the
assets of, or in the custody of, the Institute and the incurring of
liabilities by the Institute.
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL STUDIES ACT 1964 - SECT. 28.
Audit
SECT
28. (1) The Auditor-General shall inspect and audit the accounts and records
of financial transactions of the Institute and shall forthwith draw the
Minister's attention to any irregularity revealed by the inspection and audit
which, in the opinion of the Auditor-General, is of sufficient importance to
justify his so doing.
(2) The Auditor-General or an officer authorized by him is entitled at all
reasonable times to full and free access to all accounts, records, documents
and papers of the Institute relating directly or indirectly to the receipt or
payment of moneys by the Institute or to the acquisition, receipt, custody or
disposal of assets of the Institute.
(3) The Auditor-General or an officer authorized by him may make copies of
or take extracts from any such accounts, records, documents or papers.
(4) The Auditor-General or an officer authorized by him may require a member
of the Council, the Principal or a member of the staff of the Institute to
furnish him with such information in the possession of that person or to which
that person has access as the Auditor-General or authorized officer considers
necessary for the purposes of an inspection or audit under this Act, and that
person shall comply with the requirement.
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL STUDIES ACT 1964 - SECT. 29.
Exemption from taxation
SECT
29. The Institute is not subject to taxation under any law of the
Commonwealth or of a State or Territory of the Commonwealth.
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL STUDIES ACT 1964 - SECT. 30.
Reports
SECT
PART V-MISCELLANEOUS
30. (1) The Council shall, as soon as practicable after each thirtieth day
of June, furnish to the Minister a report of the operations of the Institute
during the year ended on that date, together with financial statements in
respect of that year in such form as the Minister for Finance approves.
(2) Before furnishing the financial statements to the Minister, the
Institute shall submit them to the Auditor-General who shall report-
(a) whether the statements are based on proper accounts and records;
(b) whether the statements are in agreement with the accounts and records
and show fairly the financial operations and the state of the affairs of the
Institute;
(c) whether the receipt and expenditure of moneys by the Institute during
the year have been in accordance with this Act; and
(d) as to such other matters arising out of the statements as the
Auditor-General considers should be reported to the Minister.
(3) The Minister shall lay the report and financial statements, together
with the report of the Auditor-General, before each House of the Parliament
within fifteen sitting days of that House after their receipt by the Minister.
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL STUDIES ACT 1964 - SECT. 31.
Rules
SECT
31. (1) The Council may make Rules of the Institute, not inconsistent with
this Act, prescribing all matters that by this Act are required or permitted
to be provided by the Rules or are necessary or convenient to be prescribed in
connexion with the conduct of the affairs of the Institute.
(2) Rules made under this section shall not be taken to be statutory rules
within the meaning of the Rules Publication Act 1903-1939.*4*
*4*S. 31 (2)-Now cited as the Statutory Rules Publication Act 1903.