Victorian Current Acts

ADVANCING THE TREATY PROCESS WITH ABORIGINAL VICTORIANS ACT 2018

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Preamble

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Purposes  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Definitions  
   4.      Appointment of Victorian Treaty Advancement Commissioner  
   5.      Act does not affect certain rights  
   6.      Act does not affect native title rights and interests  
   7.      Act does not affect certain entities  
   8.      Act binds the Crown  

   PART 2--ABORIGINAL REPRESENTATIVE BODY

   9.      Recognition of Aboriginal Representative Body  
   10.     Function of Aboriginal Representative Body  
   11.     Declaration of Aboriginal Representative Body  
   12.     Recommendation for declaration of Aboriginal Representative Body  
   13.     Declaration to be made by certain date  
   14.     Revocation of declaration  
   15.     Process for determining if misconduct has occurred  
   16.     Effect of revocation of declaration  
   17.     Minister to prepare plan for making subsequent Aboriginal Representative Body declaration  
   18.     Subsequent Aboriginal Representative Body declaration  
   19.     Transmission of plans to the Parliament when in recess  

   PART 3--GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR THE TREATY PROCESS

   20.     Application of this Part and definition  
   21.     Effect of this Part  
   22.     Self-determination and empowerment  
   23.     Fairness and equality  
   24.     Partnership and good faith  
   25.     Mutual benefit and sustainability  
   26.     Transparency and accountability  

   PART 4--TREATY AUTHORITY

   27.     Treaty Authority  
   28.     Functions of the Treaty Authority  
   29.     Recognition of the Treaty Authority  

   PART 5--TREATY NEGOTIATION FRAMEWORK

   30.     Treaty negotiation framework  
   31.     Content of the treaty negotiation framework  
   32.     Variation of the treaty negotiation framework  
   33.     Commencement of treaty negotiations  
   34.     Treaty negotiations to comply with treaty negotiation framework  
   34A.    Aboriginal Representative Body may be a party to treaty negotiations  

   PART 6--SELF-DETERMINATION FUND

   35.     Self-determination fund  
   36.     Purposes of self-determination fund  
   37.     Aboriginal Representative Body to administer self‑determination fund  

   PART 7--DISPUTE RESOLUTION

   38.     Dispute resolution process  
   39.     Application of dispute resolution process  
   40.     Content of the dispute resolution process  

   PART 8--REPORTING

   41.     Minister's annual report  
   42.     Aboriginal Representative Body's annual report  
   43.     Transmission of annual reports to the Parliament  
   44.     Transmission of annual reports to the Parliament when in recess  
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