Queensland Consolidated Acts

ABORIGINAL LAND ACT 1991 - SECT 40

40 Appointment of grantee to hold land for benefit of Aboriginal people

(1) This section applies if the Minister does not appoint, under section 39 , a registered native title body corporate as the grantee of land.

(2) The Minister may appoint as grantee of the land—

(a) a CATSI corporation that is qualified to hold the land; or

(b) a land trust.

(3) However, the Minister may appoint a CATSI corporation that is a registered native title body corporate as the grantee of the land under subsection (2) only if—

(a) under the Commonwealth Native Title Act , a determination has been made that native title exists in relation to all or a part of the land and the CATSI corporation is the registered native title body corporate for the determination; or

(b) a determination has not been made under the Commonwealth Native Title Act that native title exists in relation to all or a part of the land, but the Minister is satisfied it is appropriate in all the circumstances to appoint the CATSI corporation as the grantee of the land.

Examples of when it is appropriate to appoint the CATSI corporation as the grantee of the land—

1 The appointment of the CATSI corporation is supported by consultation with Aboriginal people particularly concerned with the land.

2 The land is within the external boundaries of an area of land the subject of a native title determination and the CATSI corporation is the registered native title body corporate for the determination.

3 An ILUA has been entered into for the land and the CATSI corporation is nominated in the ILUA as the proposed grantee for the land under this Act.

4 Anthropological research supports the CATSI corporation as being the appropriate grantee.

(4) Before making the appointment, the Minister must consult with, and consider the views of, Aboriginal people particularly concerned with the land.

(5) Subsection (4) does not apply if an ILUA has been entered into for the land and the entity is nominated in the ILUA as the proposed grantee for the land under this Act.

(6) However, in considering whether to appoint an entity nominated in an ILUA as the proposed grantee for the land, the Minister may have regard to any matter the Minister considers relevant to the proposed appointment, including, for example—

(a) whether any Aboriginal people particularly concerned with the land may be adversely affected by the appointment; and

(b) if the Minister is satisfied any Aboriginal people particularly concerned with the land will be adversely affected by the appointment—any action the entity intends to take to address the concerns of the Aboriginal people.

(7) Also, in considering whether to appoint a registered native title body corporate as the proposed grantee for the land, the Minister may have regard to any matter the Minister considers relevant to the proposed appointment, including, for example, the matters mentioned in section 39 (4) (b) and (c) .

(8) In appointing a grantee of land under this section, the Minister must have regard to any Aboriginal tradition applicable to the land.