Senate
Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Bill 2005
Revised Explanatory Memorandum
(Circulated by authority of the Honourable Mal Brough, MP Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs)This memorandum takes account of amendments made by the House of Representatives to the bill as introduced.
2. Abbreviations
| AAT | Administrative Appeals Tribunal |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACA Act | Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976 (Cth) |
| ACT Chief Minister | Australian Capital Territory Chief Minister |
| AGM | Annual General Meeting |
| ADI | Authorised Deposit-taking Institution |
| ALRc | Australian Law Reform Commission |
| APRA | Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority |
| ARC | Administrative Review Council |
| ASIC | Australian Securities and Investments Commission |
| ASIC Act | Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (Cth) |
| ATSIC | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission |
| CDEP | Community Development Employment Projects |
| Corporations Act | Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) |
| CATSI Bill | Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Bill 2006 |
| CATSI corporation | Corporation registered under the proposed Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Bill 2006 |
| DIMIA | The Department of Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (Commonwealth) |
| GM | General Meeting |
| Legislative Instruments Regulations | Legislative Instruments Regulations 2004 |
| Native Title Act | Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) |
| NIRS | National Indigenous Radio Service |
| ORAC | Office of the Registrar of Aboriginal Corporations |
| PBC | Prescribed Body Corporate |
| PBC Regulations | Native Title (Prescribed Body Corporate) Regulations (Cth) |
| Registrar | Registrar of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations |
| Review | Review of the Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976 |
| RNTBC | Registered Native Title Body Corporate |