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NORTHERN TERRITORY CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL (CONFERRAL OF JURISDICTION FOR NATIVE TITLE MATTERS) BILL 2014

Serial 93
Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction for Native Title Matters) Bill 2014
Mr Elferink

A Bill for an Act to confer jurisdiction on the Civil and Administrative Tribunal in relation to native title matters

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

NORTHERN TERRITORY CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL (CONFERRAL OF JURISDICTION FOR NATIVE TITLE MATTERS) ACT 2014

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Act No. [ ] of 2014

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Table of provisions

Division 1 Repeals
Division 2 Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction for Native Title Matters) Act 2014

6 Continuation of native title objection proceedings

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

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Act No. [ ] of 2014

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An Act to confer jurisdiction on the Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal in relation to native title matters

[Assented to [ ] 2014]

[Second reading [ ] 2014]

The Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory enacts as follows:

Part 1 Preliminary matters
1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction for Native Title Matters) Act 2014.

2 Commencement

This Act commences on the commencement of the Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act.

3 Definitions

In this Act:

Native Title Act means the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth).

Tribunal means the Civil and Administrative Tribunal.

Part 2 Jurisdiction
4 Objections mentioned in Native Title Act

(1) The Tribunal, as the independent body mentioned in section 24MD(6B)(f) of the Native Title Act, may hear and make recommendations about objections mentioned in section 24MD(6B)(d) of that Act.

(2) The following are parties to a proceeding:

(a) the claimant or body corporate mentioned in section 24MD(6B)(d) of the Native Title Act;

(b) the person mentioned in section 24MD(6B)(e)(ii) of the Native Title Act.

Part 3 Repeals and transitional matters
Division 1 Repeals

5 Repeals

The Acts specified in the Schedule are repealed.

Division 2 Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction for Native Title Matters) Act 2014

6 Continuation of native title objection proceedings

(1) The Lands, Planning and Mining Tribunal Act continues to apply after the commencement, as if the Act had not been repealed by section 5, in relation to:

(a) a proceeding about native title objections that was being conducted by the Lands, Planning and Mining Tribunal immediately before the commencement; and

(b) the Lands, Planning and Mining Tribunal, to the extent necessary to enable it to hear and make recommendations about the native title objections.

(2) In this section:

commencement means the day on which this Act commences.

native title objections means objections mentioned in section 24MD(6B)(d) of the Native Title Act.

Schedule Repealed Acts

section 5

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