Native Title Amendment (Indigenous Land Use Agreements) Act 2017 (Cth)

Native Title Amendment (Indigenous Land Use Agreements) Act 2017

No. 53, 2017

An Act to amend the Native Title Act 1993, and for related purposes

Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedules Schedule 1—Amendments Part 1—Amendments Native Title Act 1993 Part 2—Application, transitional and saving provisions

Native Title Amendment (Indigenous Land Use Agreements) Act 2017 No. 53, 2017

An Act to amend the Native Title Act 1993, and for related purposes

[Assented to 22 June 2017]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title This Act is the Native Title Amendment (Indigenous Land Use Agreements) Act 2017.

2 Commencement (1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Provisions Commencement Date/Details 1. The whole of this Act The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. 22 June 2017

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act. (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.

3 Schedules Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Part 1—Amendments

Native Title Act 1993

1 Paragraph 24CD(2)(a) Repeal the paragraph (including the notes), substitute: (a) for each registered native title claimant in relation to land or waters in the area: (i) if a person or persons have been nominated or determined under subsection 251A(2) by the native title claim group concerned to be a party to the agreement—that person or those persons; or (ii) if no persons have been nominated or determined under subsection 251A(2) by the native title claim group concerned to be a party to the agreement—a majority of the persons who comprise the registered native title claimant; and Note: The agreement will bind all members of the native title claim group concerned: see paragraph 24EA(1)(b).