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MARALINGA TJARUTJA LAND RIGHTS ACT 1984 - SECT 24

24—Royalty

        (1)         Royalty paid in respect of minerals recovered from the lands shall be paid into a separate fund maintained by the Minister of Mines and Energy.

        (2)         Subject to subsection (3), the royalty shall be applied as follows:

            (a)         one-third shall be paid to Maralinga Tjarutja; and

            (b)         one-third shall be paid to the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs to be applied towards the health, welfare and advancement of the Aboriginal inhabitants of the State generally; and

            (c)         one-third shall be paid into the General Revenue of the State.

        (3)         If the income of the fund maintained under subsection (1) exceeds in any financial year the prescribed limit, the excess shall be paid in full into the General Revenue of the State.

        (4)         No moneys shall be paid out of the fund maintained under subsection (1) unless a regulation is in force prescribing a limit for the purposes of subsection (3).

        (5)         In this section—

"royalty" means royalty payable under the Mining Act 1971 or the Petroleum Act 1940 .



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