This act has the full title “An Act to amend the Community Services (Aborigines) Act 1984, Community Services (Torres Strait) Act 1984 and Local Government (Aboriginal Lands) Act 1978, and for other purposes” (Act no.46/2002). This act aimed to provide for the formation of community justice groups in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community areas, and to clarify ‘the process for Aboriginal and Island councils to make by-laws'(Quoted from the explanatory notes relating to this act).
This act was repealed by Acts Interpretation Act 1945 (s.22C) on 25 September 2002.