Native Title Amendment Act 1998 (Cth)

Native Title Amendment Act 1998

Act No. 97 of 1998 as amended

This compilation was prepared on 1 September 2007

[This Act was amended by Act No. 63 of 2002; No. 125 of 2007]

Amendment from Act No. 63 of 2002

[Schedule 2 (item 16) amended item 43 of Schedule 2 Schedule 2 (item 16) commenced on 30 September 1998]

Amendments from Act No. 125 of 2007

[Schedule 4 (items 34 and 35) amended subclause 14(3) of Schedule 5 Schedule 4 (item 36) repealed and substituted note to clause 26 of Schedule 5 Schedule 4 (items 34–36) commenced on 1 September 2007]

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing, Attorney‑General's Department, Canberra

Contents 1 Short title..................................1 2 Commencement..............................1 3 Schedule(s).................................1

Schedule 1—Amendments relating to acts affecting native title etc. 3 Native Title Act 1993 3

Schedule 2—Amendments relating to applications, registration of claims etc. 158

Part 1—Native Title Act 1993 158

Part 2—Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 234

Schedule 3—Amendments relating to representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander bodies 236

Part 1—Initial amendments 236

Part 2—Later amendments 253

Schedule 4—Addition of Schedule 291 Native Title Act 1993 291

Schedule 5—Application and transitional 344

Part 1—Contents of this Schedule 344

Part 2—Application of future act amendments 345

Part 3—Application of amendments relating to section 61 applications: proceedings relating to determinations 348

Part 4—Application of amendments relating to section 61 applications: registration of claims 352

Part 5—Various application and transitional provisions 357

Part 6—Validation of certain acts 361

Part 7—Compensation etc. 362

Part 8—Regulations 363 Part 9—Interpretation 364 An Act to amend the Native Title Act 1993, and for related purposes