Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00224:section:137
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00224
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 137
Character Range: 510835–511538

137  Special inquiries

Ministerial direction
 (1) The Commonwealth Minister may, by written notice, direct the Tribunal to hold an inquiry in relation to a particular matter or issue relating to native title.

Matters covered by inquiry
 (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the matters that an inquiry may cover include:
 (a) the effect on Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders of the validation of particular past acts or intermediate period acts; and
 (b) alternative forms of compensation that could be provided in relation to acts covered by this Act; and
 (c) action that could be taken to assist Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders where native title has been extinguished.