Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS (NORTHERN TERRITORY) AMENDMENT ACT 1978 No. 21 of 1978 - SECT 20

20. After section 62 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
Repeal of section 21 of Northern Territory (Administration) Act and consequent
provision
''62A. (1) Section 21 of the Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1910 is
repealed.

''(2) Moneys standing to the credit of the Aborigines Benefits Trust Fund
(other than moneys that have been invested) immediately before the
commencement of this section shall, after the commencement of this section, be
deemed to be moneys standing to the credit of the Trust Account.

''(3) Investments in the name of the Minister for Finance of the Commonwealth
that are in being immediately before the commencement of this section, being
investments of moneys standing to the credit of the Aborigines Benefits Trust
Fund, shall, after the commencement of this section, be deemed to be
investments of moneys standing to the credit of the Trust Account.

''(4) Any amount that, but for the repeal of section 21 of the Northern
Territory (Administration) Act 1910, would have been payable, after the
commencement of this section, to the Aborigines Benefits Trust Fund (other
than an amount of royalty referred to in sub-section 63 (2) ) shall be paid
into the Trust Account.''.