Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00794:section:12:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00794
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 12 (pt 1/5)
Character Range: 66577–69185

12  Grants of land to Land Trusts
 (1) Subject to this section, on the receipt of a recommendation under section 10, 11 or 11B with respect to land, the Governor‑General may:
 (a) in the case of a recommendation under subsection 10(1) or (2A), section 11 or 11B, not being a recommendation that includes a recommendation under subsection 11(5)—execute a deed of grant of an estate in the land in accordance with the recommendation and deliver it to the grantee;
 (aa) in the case of a recommendation under section 11 that includes a recommendation under subsection 11(5)—execute a deed of grant of an estate in the land in accordance with the recommendation and, if the Governor‑General is satisfied that the condition specified in the recommendation has been complied with, deliver it to the grantee; or
 (b) in the case of a recommendation under subsection 10(2) or (2B)—execute a deed of grant of an estate in the land in accordance with the recommendation and deliver it to the Land Council referred to in the recommendation on the condition that it be held by the Land Council in escrow, and subsequently delivered to the grantee, in accordance with the recommendation.
 (1AA) Subject to this section, on the receipt of a recommendation under subsection 10(2AB) with respect to land, the Governor‑General may execute a deed of grant of an estate in fee simple in that land to the Kakadu Aboriginal Land Trust.
 (1AB) If:
 (a) a deed of grant of an estate in fee simple in land is executed under subsection (1AA); and
 (b) the Minister is satisfied that:
 (i) a lease under section 19 granted by the Kakadu Aboriginal Land Trust to the Director has been varied to cover the whole of that land; and
 (ii) the variation is expressed to take effect on the date that a deed of grant of an estate in fee simple in that land to that Land Trust is delivered to that Land Trust;
then the Governor‑General may deliver that deed of grant to the Kakadu Aboriginal Land Trust.
 (1AC) Subject to this section, on the receipt of a recommendation under subsection 10(2AC) with respect to land, the Governor‑General may execute a deed of grant of an estate in fee simple in that land to the Kakadu Aboriginal Land Trust.
 (1AD) If:
 (a) a deed of grant of an estate in fee simple in land is executed under subsection (1AC); and
 (b) the Minister is satisfied that subsection (1AH) applies;
then the Governor‑General may deliver that deed of grant to the Kakadu Aboriginal Land Trust.
 (1AH) This subsection applies if:
 (a) the Kakadu Aboriginal Land Trust has entered into a lease, under section 19A, covering the whole