Part VI—Miscellaneous
79 Extension of time
Where, under this Act or the regulations, an act or thing is required to be performed or done within a specified time, the Minister or the Registrar may, in special circumstances, if he thinks fit, extend the time for the performance or doing of that act or thing.
79A Offences not to be daily offences
Subsection 4K(2) of the Crimes Act 1914, which creates daily or continuing offences, does not apply to an offence against this Act.
80 Service on Aboriginal corporation etc.
(1) A notice, demand, summons, writ or other document or process may be served on an Aboriginal corporation by serving it personally on the public officer of the corporation or by sending it by post to him at his official address.
(2) An Aboriginal corporation may give notice or make a demand by writing signed by the public officer of the corporation.
81 Service on Registrar etc.
A document required or permitted by this Act to be served on, or filed with, the Registrar may be served on, or filed with, the Registrar personally or by post.
81A Aboriginal corporation not registrable Australian body
An Aboriginal corporation is not a registrable Australian body for the purposes of the Corporations Act 2001.
82 Regulations
The Governor‑General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed, or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act, and, in particular:
(a) prescribing the manner of conduct of elections of councillors for Aboriginal Councils;
(b) providing for or in relation to the striking off the Register of Incorporated Aboriginal Associations of the name of, and for and in relation to the dissolution of, an Association that is not carrying on its activities or is not in operation;
(c) providing for the issue of certified copies of certificates of incorporation;
(d) providing for the inspection of documents kept by, or filed with, the Registrar under this Act or the regulations;
(e) prescribing the form in which any application, notice, declaration or certificate shall be made, given, published, issued or filed under this Act or the regulations;
(f) prescribing matters that are to be provided for in the Rules of Aboriginal Councils or restrictions on the making of such Rules;
(g) making provision, to be applicable to all or any Aboriginal Councils, with respect to any matter that could be dealt with in the Rules of Aboriginal Councils;
(h) prescribing matters that are to be provided for in the Rules of Incorporated Aboriginal Associations;
(i) prescribing the fees to be paid on the making, giving, publishing, issuing, filing or inspecting of any document under this Act or the regulations; and
(j) prescribing penalties, not exceeding a fine of $20, for offences against the regulations.