Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS (NORTHERN TERRITORY) ACT 1976 No. 191 of 1976 - SECT 12

12. (1) Subject to this section, on the receipt of a recommendation under
section 10 or 11 with respect to land, the Governor-General may-

   (a)  in the case of a recommendation under sub-section 10 (1) or section 
        11 -execute a deed of grant of an estate in the land in accordance
        with the recommendation and deliver it to the grantee; or

   (b)  in the case of a recommendation under sub-section 10 (2)-execute a
        deed of grant of an estate in the land in accordance with the
        recommendation and deliver it to the Land Council referred to in the
        recommendation on the condition that it be held by the Land Council in
        escrow, and subsequently delivered to the grantee, in accordance with
        the recommendation.

(2) A deed of grant under this section shall be expressed to be subject to the
reservation that the right to all minerals existing in their natural
condition, or in a deposit of waste material obtained from any underground or
surface working, on or below the surface of the land remains with the Crown.

(3) A deed of grant under this section-

   (a)  shall identify any land on which there is, at the time of the grant, a
        road over which the public has a right of way; and

   (b)  shall be expressed to exclude such land from the grant.

(4) A deed of grant under this section takes effect-

   (a)  where a deed is delivered by the Governor-General to the grantee-on
        the date on which it is so delivered; or

   (b)  in any other case-on the date on which it is delivered by a Land
        Council to the grantee in accordance with the condition subject to
        which it was delivered to the Land Council by the Governor-General.

(5) On the application of a Land Trust to which has been delivered a deed of
grant of an estate in land executed by the Governor-General under this
section, whether the delivery was by the Governor-General or by a Land
Council, the Registrar-General or other appropriate officer under the law of
the Northern Territory relating to the transfer of land shall register and
otherwise deal with that deed of grant under that law according to its tenor.

(6) In this section, a reference to a delivery of a deed by a person shall be
read as including a reference to a delivery of the deed by the duly authorized
agent of the person.