Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2007C00447:clause:1_67b:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2007C00447
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 67B (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 123698–125539

benefit of the traditional Aboriginal owners of the area of land, or the part of the area of land, referred to in subsection (2).

 (7) If:
 (a) a Land Council receives a payment as mentioned in subsection (6); and
 (b) the payment is made by the Commonwealth, the Northern Territory or an Authority; and
 (c) the payment is of a kind prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subsection; and
 (d) under subsection (6), the Land Council pays an amount equal to that payment to a person;
the Land Council must, at the time it pays that amount, advise the person in writing that the amount is an accountable amount.

Note 1: Sections 35B and 35C impose requirements on a body corporate in relation to accountable amounts.

Note 2: The activities or operations of a body corporate or other person receiving an accountable amount may be evaluated or audited: see paragraph 193X(1)(cb) of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005.

Commissioner to continue to assess land claim application

 (8) To avoid doubt, if a grant of an estate or interest in land is made after the relevant requirements of subsection (1) have been satisfied, the Commissioner must continue to perform the function mentioned in paragraph 50(1)(a) in relation to that land.

Estates or interests preserved

 (9) If the Governor‑General executes a deed of grant of an estate in fee simple in the area (the claim area) of land concerned, or in an area of land that includes the claim area, under section 12, any estate or interest granted in the claim area after the relevant requirements of subsection (1) of this section have been satisfied is preserved as an estate or interest in the claim area after the deed is executed.

Consent of Minister not a legislative instrument

 (10) A notice under paragraph (1)(b) is not a legislative instrument.