Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2007C00533:clause:1_24de
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2007C00533
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 24DE
Character Range: 64425–65950

24DE  Parties to alternative procedure agreements

Native title group and relevant governments to be parties

 (1) All persons in the native title group (see subsection (2)) in relation to the area must be parties to the agreement, as must every relevant government (see subsection (3)).

Native title group

 (2) The native title group consists of:
 (a) all registered native title bodies corporate in relation to land or waters in the area; and
 (b) all representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander bodies for the area.

Relevant government

 (3) Each of the following is a relevant government:
 (a) the Commonwealth, if any of the area covered by the agreement is a place outside the jurisdictional limits of the States and Territories;
 (b) a State or Territory, if any of the area covered by the agreement is within the jurisdictional limits of the State or Territory.

Other parties

 (4) Any of the following may also be a party to the agreement:
 (a) any registered native title claimant in relation to land or waters in the area;

Note 1: Registered native title claimants are persons whose names appear on the Register of Native Title Claims as applicants in relation to claims to hold native title: see the definition of registered native title claimant in section 253.

Note 2: The agreement will bind all members of the native title claim group concerned: see paragraph 24EA(1)(b).
 (b) any other person who claims to hold native title in relation to land or waters in the area;
 (c) any other person.