Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CREATIVE AUSTRALIA ACT 2023 - SECT 35C

  (1)   The First Nations Board has the following functions:

  (a)   to perform the following functions and exercise the following powers of Creative Australia:

  (i)   guided by First Nations cultural protocols and principles, to support and invest in a diverse range of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts practice;

  (ii)   to promote best practice in First Nations cultural protocols in the arts;

  (iii)   to provide financial assistance (whether by way of loan, grant, investment, award or otherwise and whether on commercial terms or otherwise) to support the performance of the above functions;

  (b)   to perform other functions, or exercise other powers, of Creative Australia as directed under subsection   (2);

  (c)   to advise the Board about the responsibilities of First Nations Arts;

  (d)   to report to the Board on the performance of the above functions;

  (e)   to do anything incidental or conducive to the performance of any of the above functions.

  (2)   The Board may direct the First Nations Board to perform other functions, and to exercise other powers, of Creative Australia.