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This is a Bill, not an Act. For current law, see the Acts databases.
2016-2017
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern
Territory) Amendment Bill 2017
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(Indigenous Affairs)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Aboriginal Land
Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976, and for
related purposes
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Contents
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 1
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Schedules ........................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1--Kakadu
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Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976
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Schedule 2--Urapunga
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Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976
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A Bill for an Act to amend the Aboriginal Land
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Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976, and for
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related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act is the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory)
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Amendment Act 2017.
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provisions
Commencement
Date/Details
1. Sections 1 to 3
and anything in
this Act not
elsewhere covered
by this table
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.
2. Schedule 1
The day after this Act receives the Royal
Assent.
3. Schedule 2
Immediately after the commencement of the
provisions covered by table item 2.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedules
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Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Kakadu Schedule 1
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Schedule 1--Kakadu
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Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976
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1 Section 3 (definitions of Alligator Rivers Area (No. 3),
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Gimbat and Goodparla)
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Repeal the definitions.
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2 At the end of section 10
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Add:
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(4) For the purposes of this section, any estate or interest in the area of
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land described in Schedule 1 under the heading "Kakadu" that is
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held by the Director is taken to be an estate or interest held by the
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Crown in right of the Commonwealth.
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3 Subsection 11(1A)
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Repeal the subsection.
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4 Paragraph 12(2B)(b)
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Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
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(b) any land described in Schedule 1 under the heading
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"Kakadu";
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5 Subsection 12(2C)
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Omit "land referred to in subsection (2D)", substitute "any land
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described in Schedule 1 under the heading "Uluru"".
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6 Subsections 12(2D) and (2E)
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Repeal the subsections.
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7 Subsections 50(1A) and (1B)
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Repeal the subsections.
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8 Part 4 of Schedule 1 (after the item relating to Jabiru)
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Insert:
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KAKADU
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Schedule 1 Kakadu
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All that land in the Northern Territory comprising:
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(a) the whole of Northern Territory Portion 1760 delineated on
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Survey Plan S91/227 lodged with the Surveyor-General,
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Darwin, and containing an area of approximately 450
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hectares; and
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(b) the whole of Northern Territory Portion 7456 delineated on
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Survey Plans S2015/186 (A to H) lodged with the
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Surveyor-General, Darwin, and containing an area of
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approximately 612,600 hectares; and
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(c) the whole of Northern Territory Portion 7457 delineated on
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Survey Plans S2015/187 (A to H) and S2015/187 (J to L)
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lodged with the Surveyor-General, Darwin, and containing an
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area of approximately 355,200 hectares; and
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(d) the whole of Northern Territory Portion 7548 delineated on
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Survey Plan S2015/188 lodged with the Surveyor-General,
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Darwin, and containing an area of approximately 40.95
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hectares; and
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(e) the whole of Northern Territory Portion 1761 delineated on
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Survey Plan S91/227 lodged with the Surveyor-General,
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Darwin, and containing an area of approximately 4,400
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hectares; and
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(f) the whole of Northern Territory Portion 7459 delineated on
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Survey Plans S2015/189 (A and B) lodged with the
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Surveyor-General, Darwin, and containing an area of
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approximately 33.39 hectares; and
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(g) the whole of Northern Territory Portion 7460 delineated on
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Survey Plans S2015/189 (A and B) lodged with the
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Surveyor-General, Darwin, and containing an area of
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approximately 39.40 hectares; and
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(h) the whole of Northern Territory Portion 7461 delineated on
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Survey Plan S2015/189B lodged with the Surveyor-General,
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Darwin, and containing an area of approximately 335.8
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hectares; and
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(i) the whole of Northern Territory Portion 7462 delineated on
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Survey Plan S2015/190 lodged with the Surveyor-General,
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Darwin, and containing an area of approximately 209.1
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hectares; and
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(j) the whole of Northern Territory Portion 895 delineated on
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Survey Plan A419 lodged with the Surveyor-General,
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Kakadu Schedule 1
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Darwin, and containing an area of approximately 12.14
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hectares.
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Repeal the Schedule.
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Schedule 2 Urapunga
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Schedule 2--Urapunga
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Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976
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1 Part 4 of Schedule 1 (after the item relating to Upper Daly)
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Insert:
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URAPUNGA
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All that land in the Northern Territory comprising the whole of Lot
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281 delineated on Survey Plan S2016/094 lodged with the
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Surveyor-General, Darwin, and containing an area of
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approximately 73.32 hectares.
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