Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIVE TITLE ACT 1993 - SECT 86

             (1)  Subject to subsection 82(1), the Federal Court may:

                     (a)  receive into evidence the transcript of evidence in any other proceedings before:

                              (i)  the Court; or

                             (ii)  another court; or

                            (iii)  the NNTT; or

                            (iv)  a recognised State/Territory body; or

                             (v)  any other person or body;

                            and draw any conclusions of fact from that transcript that it thinks proper; and

                     (b)  receive into evidence the transcript of evidence in any proceedings before the assessor and draw any conclusions of fact from that transcript that it thinks proper; and

                     (c)  adopt any recommendation, finding, decision or judgment of any court, person or body of a kind mentioned in any of subparagraphs (a)(i) to (v).

             (2)  Subject to subsection 82(1), the Federal Court:

                     (a)  must consider whether to receive into evidence the transcript of evidence from a native title application inquiry; and

                     (b)  may draw any conclusions of fact from that transcript that it thinks proper; and

                     (c)  may adopt any recommendation, finding, decision or determination of the NNTT in relation to the inquiry.