Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Minister or the TSRA may, from time to time, ask the Council to provide advice on aspects of the culture, history and society of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples .
(2) The Council:
(a) shall comply with a request under subsection ( 1) made by the Minister; and
(b) may comply with a request under subsection ( 1) made by the TSRA.
(3) The Council may, in response to a request under subsection ( 1):
(a) prepare its advice having regard only to any relevant information that is already in the possession of the Institute; or
(b) if the Council considers it appropriate to do so--arrange for the conduct of research into the matter to which the request relates by or on behalf of the Institute, and prepare its advice having regard to that research and to any other relevant information that is otherwise in the possession of the Institute.