Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment Act 1987 (Cth)

Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment Act 1987

No. 40 of 1987

TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section 1. Short title, &c. 2. Commencement 3. Interpretation 4. Insertion of new section— 3b. Act binds the Crown 5. Land Trusts 6. Recommendations for grants of Crown land described in Schedule 1 7. Recommendations for grants of Crown land, other than that described in Schedule 1 8. Insertion of new section— 11a. Land Councils may enter into agreements concerning land under claim 9. Grants of land to Land Trusts 10. Insertion of new section— 12ad. Compensation for loss of licences, &c. 11. Payments to Land Council by the Crown in respect of interests in Aboriginal land 12. Dealings, &c., with interests in land by Land Trusts 13. Functions of Land Council 14. A person authorized by Land Council to have access to buildings and places in region 15. Secrecy 16. Register of traditional Aboriginal owners 17. Land Council to meet expenses, &c., of Land Trust 18. Powers of Land Council 19. Delegation 20. Insertion of new section— 29a. Committees 21. Application of money of Land Council 22. Insertion of new section— 35a. Incorporated communities or groups to lodge financial records with Land Councils

TABLE OF PROVISIONS—continued Section 23. Insertion of new section— 37aa. Interim financial reports 24. Annual reports by Land Councils 25. Functions of Commissioner 26. Appointment of Commissioner 27. Judge to be appointed as Commissioner 28. Protection for Commissioner, Ac. 29. Insertion of new section— 54aa. Commissioner may restrict publication, Ac. 30. Insertion of new section— 54d. Reference of question of law to Federal Court 31. Interpretation 32. Insertion of new section— 67a. Estates or interests not to be granted while land subject to traditional land claim 33. Entry, &c., on Aboriginal land 34. Application of laws of Northern Territory to Aboriginal land 35. Insertion of new sections— 77a. Consents of traditional Aboriginal owners 77b. Conduct by director, servants or agents