Victorian Current Acts

TRADITIONAL OWNER SETTLEMENT ACT 2010 - SECT 9

    (1)     A recognition and settlement agreement may, in relation to land that is the subject of the agreement, provide for the recognition of rights of the traditional owner group in relation to any one or more of the following—

        (a)     the enjoyment of the culture and identity of the traditional owner group;

        (b)     the maintenance of a distinctive spiritual, material and economic relationship with the land and the natural resources on or depending on the land;

        (c)     the ability to access and remain on the land;

        (d)     the ability to camp on the land;

        (e)     the ability to use and enjoy the land;

        (f)     the ability to take natural resources on or depending on the land;

        (g)     the ability to conduct cultural and spiritual activities on the land;

        (h)     the protection of places and areas of importance on the land.

    (2)     Any recognition of a right in an agreement under subsection (1) is not to be taken to have any greater effect than is consistent with the law of Victoria.

Pt 2 Div. 2 (Heading) substituted by No. 67/2016 s. 5.

Division 2—General provisions for recognition and settlement agreements

S. 10 substituted by No. 4/2013 s. 5.