Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983

Each instrument of appointment of an investigator or administrator under Part 11 that was executed before the commencement of this clause is taken to include (and always to have included) provision to the effect that the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council may approve the payment of additional remuneration to the investigator or administrator that the Council is satisfied is reasonable.

An amount paid before the commencement of this clause as remuneration to an investigator or administrator appointed under Part 11, being an amount paid with the approval of the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council in addition to the remuneration specified in the investigator’s or administrator’s instrument of appointment, is taken to be and always to have been validly paid as remuneration of the investigator or administrator.

Sections 217(2) and 224(2) extend to an instrument of appointment of an investigator or administrator under Part 11 that was executed before the commencement of this clause, with the result that a provision included in such an instrument that would have been valid had sections 217(2) and 224(2) been in force when the instrument was executed is taken to be and always to have been valid.