Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDERS (QUEENSLAND RESERVES AND COMMUNITIES SELF-MANAGEMENT) ACT 1978 No. 11 of 1978 - SECT 13

13. (1) The Council for a Reserve to which this Act applies, or for a
Community to which this Act applies, is not subject to control under the
Aborigines Act or the Torres Strait Islanders Act, and, in particular, is not
required to comply with any directions given to it under or by virtue of the
Aborigines Act or the Torres Strait Islanders Act.

(2) An Aboriginal or Islander who is residing on a Reserve to which this Act
applies, or an Aboriginal or Islander who is a member of a Community to which
this Act applies or a person who is residing on, or visiting, a Reserve or
part of a Reserve in pursuance of an authority that is in force in respect of
him under section 12, is not required to comply with any directions given to
him under or by virtue of the Aborigines Act or the Torres Strait Islanders
Act.
(3) In this section, ''directions'' means directions in any form, including
directions in the form of instructions.