Local Government Act 2009

This division contains provisions that apply to a trustee council.

A trustee council is any of the following local governments if the local government is a trustee of trust land—

Aurukun Shire Council;

Mornington Shire Council;

an indigenous local government.

Trust land is the land described in a deed of grant in trust that is issued under the Land Act.

The provisions of this division—

do not affect the status that any land has under the Aboriginal Land Act 1991 or the Torres Strait Islander Land Act 1991; and

are additional to the provisions that apply to the land under the Land Act and any other law.