Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2007C00532:clause:3_59a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2007C00532
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3 cl 59A
Character Range: 94570–95607

59A  Prescribed bodies corporate for subsequent determinations of native title

 (1) If a prescribed body corporate holds native title rights and interests in trust for some common law holders, the Federal Court may determine under section 56 that the prescribed body corporate is to hold native title rights and interests in trust for other common law holders, so long as all of the common law holders mentioned consent to the determination.

 (2) If a prescribed body corporate is an agent prescribed body corporate for some common law holders, the Federal Court may determine under paragraph 57(2)(b) that the prescribed body corporate is to be the agent prescribed body corporate for other common law holders, so long all of the common law holders mentioned consent to the determination.

 (3) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), the regulations may prescribe the ways in which the consent of the common law holders may be obtained, and if the regulations do so, the common law holders must obtain the consent in that way.