New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS REGULATION 2020 - REG 10

10 Application procedures

(1) The New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council must, as soon as practicable after receiving a land dealing approval application, notify the Local Aboriginal Land Council, in writing, of the following--

(a) the manner in which it intends to assess the application and whether or not the application, or any part of it, is to be referred to an expert advisory panel,

(b) the assessment fee for the application, or the manner in which the assessment fee is to be determined and an estimate of the amount of the fee,

(c) the time within which, or the event on the occurrence of which, the assessment fee is to be paid and any security is required to be provided,

(d) the estimated time for determining the application,

(e) that the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council is not required to determine the application unless the Local Aboriginal Land Council agrees to the proposed assessment fee, security and manner of determination.

(2) If notice has been given to the Local Aboriginal Land Council in accordance with subclause (1), the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council may refuse to assess or determine a land dealing approval application if--

(a) the application does not comply with section 42F(2) of the Act, or

(b) the Local Aboriginal Land Council does not agree to the proposed assessment fee, security and manner of determination, or

(c) any security required by the notice under subclause (1) has not been provided, or

(d) any assessment fee has not been paid in accordance with the notice under subclause (1) or the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council is not satisfied that the fee will be paid in accordance with that notice.