Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00224:section:24cd:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00224
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 24CD (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 97414–98746

parties to the agreement:
 (a) any other person who claims to hold native title in relation to land or waters in the area;
 (b) any representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body for the area.

Government parties
 (5) If the agreement makes provision for the extinguishment of native title rights and interests by surrendering them to the Commonwealth, a State or Territory as mentioned in paragraph 24CB(e), the Commonwealth, State or Territory must be a party to the agreement. If the agreement does not make such provision, the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory may still be a party.

Other parties
 (6) Any other person may be a party to the agreement.

Procedure where no representative body party
 (7) If there are any representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander bodies for any of the area and none of them is proposed to be a party to the agreement, a member of the native title group, before entering into the agreement:
 (a) must inform at least one of the representative Aboriginal/Torres Islander bodies of its intention to enter into the agreement; and
 (b) may consult any such representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander bodies about the agreement.
Note: The registration of agreements that are certified by a representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body is facilitated under section 24CK.