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ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS (NORTHERN TERRITORY) AMENDMENT BILL 2017

                          2016-2017-2018




  THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA




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ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS (NORTHERN TERRITORY) AMENDMENT
                        BILL 2017




       SUPPLEMENTARY EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

     Amendments to be moved on behalf of the Government




                  (Circulated by the authority of the
  Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Senator the Hon Nigel Scullion)
 ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS (NORTHERN TERRITORY) AMENDMENT
                         BILL 2017


OUTLINE OF AMENDMENTS

The Bill now adds areas associated with the settlement of the Anthony
Lagoon Area Land Claim (Anthony Lagoon) to Schedule 1 of the Aboriginal
Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Land Rights Act) so that Anthony
Lagoon can be granted as Aboriginal land.

NOTES ON AMENDMENTS

Clause 2 - Commencement

Clause 2 is amended to provide that the additional measures in Schedule 3
will also commence on the day after Royal Assent.




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                      Schedule 3 - Anthony Lagoon


                                 Summary

This Schedule adds a further parcel of land to Schedule 1 to the
Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Land Rights Act).

                                Background

This Schedule adds a further parcel of Northern Territory land to Schedule 1
to the Land Rights Act. This will allow the land in question to be granted to
the relevant Aboriginal Land Trust under sections 10 and 12 of the
Land Rights Act.


                        Explanation of the changes

Item 1 - Part 4 of Schedule 1 (before the item relating to Bauhinia
Downs)

Item 1 amends Part 4 of Schedule 1 to the Land Rights Act by inserting a
reference to an additional portion of land (Northern Territory Portion 5010
delineated on Survey Plan S96/303) known as Anthony Lagoon as land to be
granted as Aboriginal land.




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