Torres Strait Islander Land Regulation 2011

The adopted rules of a land trust must include provision for the following—

the establishment, membership and functions of the land trust’s executive committee;

the process for decision-making by the land trust and its committees;

the creation of the land trust’s executive offices and the procedure for filling the offices;

the appointment of a person to act in the position of a member of the executive committee when the member is, or is to be, absent;

the procedure for settling disputes between the land trust and its members;

the frequency of meetings of the executive committee, and how the meetings are to be held;

the way the land trust’s general meetings are to be called and held;

requirements for managing trust property, including requirements for the following—

keeping records of the land trust’s transactions;

procedures for authorising payments, and for making payments, out of the land trust’s funds;

keeping control over trust property;

procedures for incurring liabilities by or for the land trust;

the procedure for adopting changes to the adopted rules of the land trust and for adopting new rules.