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NATIVE TITLE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2021 (NO. 6, 2021) - NOTES

 

No. 6, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

  

  


Contents

1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1

3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 3

Schedule 1--Role of the applicant                                                                               4

Part 1--Authorisation                                                                                                   4

Native Title Act 1993                                                                                                  4

Part 2--Applicant decision making                                                                     10

Native Title Act 1993                                                                                                10

Part 3--Replacement of applicant                                                                        19

Native Title Act 1993                                                                                                19

Schedule 2--Indigenous land use agreements                                                    21

Part 1--Body corporate agreements and area agreements                       21

Native Title Act 1993                                                                                                21

Part 2--Deregistration and amendment                                                            22

Native Title Act 1993                                                                                                22

Schedule 3--Historical extinguishment                                                                   25

Part 1--Park areas                                                                                                         25

Division 1--Amendments commencing on Proclamation                                 25

Native Title Act 1993                                                                                                25

Division 2--Amendments commencing immediately after Part 2 of Schedule 4               31

Native Title Act 1993                                                                                                31

Part 2--Pastoral leases held by native title claimants                                 32

Native Title Act 1993                                                                                                32

Schedule 4--Allowing a registered native title body corporate to bring a compensation application    33

Part 1--Amendments commencing on Proclamation                                 33

Native Title Act 1993                                                                                                33

Part 2--Amendments commencing immediately after Part 1 of Schedule 1        36

Native Title Act 1993                                                                                                36

Schedule 5--Intervention and consent determinations                                 37

Part 1--Intervention in proceedings                                                                    37

Native Title Act 1993                                                                                                37

Part 2--Consent determinations                                                                            40

Native Title Act 1993                                                                                                40

Schedule 6--Other procedural changes                                                                 41

Part 1--Objections                                                                                                       41

Native Title Act 1993                                                                                                41

Part 2--Section 31 agreements                                                                              43

Native Title Act 1993                                                                                                43

Part 3--Evaluation                                                                                                       46

Native Title Act 1993                                                                                                46

Schedule 7--National Native Title Tribunal                                                       47

Native Title Act 1993                                                                                                47

Schedule 8--Registered native title bodies corporate                                    50

Part 1--Requirements for constitutions                                                             50

Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006                     50

Part 2--Refusal of membership                                                                             56

Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006                     56

Part 3--Registrar oversight                                                                                      57

Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006                     57

Part 4--Courts                                                                                                                58

Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006                     58

Schedule 9--Just terms compensation and validation                                   59

 


Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia

 

 

Native Title Legislation Amendment Act 2021

No. 6, 2021

 

 

 

An Act to amend the law relating to native title, and for related purposes

[Assented to 16 February 2021]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

 

[Minister's second reading speech made in--

House of Representatives on 17 October 2019

Senate on 12 November 2020]

 

(198/19)

 



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