New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS ACT 1983 - SECT 42IA

42IA Amendment of land dealing approvals

(1) A Local Aboriginal Land Council for which a land dealing has been approved may make an application to the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council for an amendment of the approval.

(2) The New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council may--

(a) amend the approval, or

(b) refuse to amend the approval.

(3) The New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council must not amend the approval if--

(a) the land dealing has been completed, or

(b) a registrable instrument has been registered in reliance on the approval.

(4) The New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council must give the Local Aboriginal Land Council a written statement of the reasons for its decision in relation to the application if--

(a) the decision is to refuse to amend the approval, and

(b) the Local Aboriginal Land Council requests the written statement.

(5) The written statement must be given within 28 days after the Local Aboriginal Land Council makes the request.

(6) The regulations may make provision about the amendment of an approval, including--

(a) applications for amendments of approvals, and

(b) grounds for amendments of approvals, and

(c) fees for amendments of approvals.

(7) In this section--

"amend" an approval includes amend the conditions of the approval, including by--

(a) imposing new conditions on the approval, or

(b) substituting a condition of the approval, or

(c) omitting or amending a condition of the approval.