South Australian Numbered Acts

PITJANTJATJARA LAND RIGHTS (MISCELLANEOUS) AMENDMENT ACT 2005 (NO 52 OF 2005) - SECT 8

8—Amendment of section 6—Powers and functions of A n angu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara

        (1)         Section 6(2)—delete "Anangu Pitjantjatjara has" and substitute:

Subject to this section, A n angu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara has

        (2)         Section 6(2)(b)(i)—delete "(being a part of the lands vested in Anangu Pitjantjatjara) to a Pitjantjatjara or an organisation comprised of Pitjantjatjaras" and substitute:

to an A n angu or an organisation comprised of A n angu

        (3)         Section 6(2)(b)(ii)—delete "(being a part of the lands vested in Anangu Pitjantjatjara)"

        (4)         Section 6(2)(b)(iii)—delete subparagraph (iii) and substitute:

                  (iii)         to grant a lease or licence, for a period not exceeding 10 years, in respect of any part of the lands to any other person or body of persons; and

        (5)         Section 6—after subsection (2) insert:

        (3)         A n angu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara must not grant a lease or licence for a period exceeding 5 years under subsection (2)(b)(i) or (iii) except in accordance with a resolution made at an annual general meeting or a special general meeting held in accordance with this Act.

        (4)         Subject to this or any other Act, a lease or licence relating to the lands may only be granted by resolution of the Executive Board.

        (5)         An application for a lease or licence under subsection (2)(b)(ii) must be considered, and a resolution made to determine the application, as soon as is reasonably practicable after the application is received by the Executive Board.

        (6)         The interest of the lessee or licensee under a lease or licence granted by A n angu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara—

            (a)         must not be mortgaged; and

            (b)         subject to the conditions of the lease or licence, must not be transferred, assigned, sublet, sublicensed or otherwise dealt with without the consent of the Executive Board.

        (7)         A mortgage, transfer, assignment, sublease, sublicence or other interest created in contravention of this section is void and of no effect.

        (8)         The Executive Board—

            (a)         must not unreasonably withhold consent under subsection (6)(b); and

            (b)         must not require the payment of a fee for giving such consent, or considering an application for such consent, that exceeds the reasonable expenses of A n angu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara in relation to that act.