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Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment Act 1987

No. 40 of 1987

TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section
        1. Short title, &c.
        2. Commencement
        3. Interpretation
        4. Insertion of new section—
               3b. Act binds the Crown
        5. Land Trusts
        6. Recommendations for grants of Crown land described in Schedule 1
        7. Recommendations for grants of Crown land, other than that described in Schedule 1
        8. Insertion of new section—
               11a. Land Councils may enter into agreements concerning land under claim
        9. Grants of land to Land Trusts
        10. Insertion of new section—
               12ad. Compensation for loss of licences, &c.
        11. Payments to Land Council by the Crown in respect of interests in Aboriginal land
        12. Dealings, &c., with interests in land by Land Trusts
        13. Functions of Land Council
        14. A person authorized by Land Council to have access to buildings and places in region
        15. Secrecy
        16. Register of traditional Aboriginal owners
        17. Land Council to meet expenses, &c., of Land Trust
        18. Powers of Land Council
        19. Delegation
        20. Insertion of new section—
               29a. Committees
        21. Application of money of Land Council
        22. Insertion of new section—
               35a. Incorporated communities or groups to lodge financial records with Land Councils

TABLE OF PROVISIONS—continued
Section
        23. Insertion of new section—
               37aa. Interim financial reports
        24. Annual reports by Land Councils
        25. Functions of Commissioner
        26. Appointment of Commissioner
        27. Judge to be appointed as Commissioner
        28. Protection for Commissioner, Ac.
        29. Insertion of new section—
               54aa. Commissioner may restrict publication, Ac.
        30. Insertion of new section—
               54d. Reference of question of law to Federal Court
        31. Interpretation
        32. Insertion of new section—
               67a. Estates or interests not to be granted while land subject to traditional land claim
        33. Entry, &c., on Aboriginal land
        34. Application of laws of Northern Territory to Aboriginal land
        35. Insertion of new sections—
               77a. Consents of traditional Aboriginal owners
               77b. Conduct by director, servants or agents

Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment Act 1987

No. 40 of 1987

An Act to amend the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976, and for related purposes

[Assented to 5 June 1987]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

Short title, &c.
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment Act 1987.
(2) The Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 19761 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

Commencement
2. (1) Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Paragraph 23 (1) (ea) and sub-sections 50 (2d) and (2e) of the Principal Act