NATIVE TITLE ACT 1993 - SECT 251A Authorising the making of indigenous land use agreements
NATIVE TITLE ACT 1993 - SECT 251A
Authorising the making of indigenous land use agreementsFor the purposes of this Act, persons holding native title in relation to land or waters in the area covered by an indigenous land use agreement authorise the making of the agreement if:
(a) where there is a process of decision - making that, under the traditional laws and customs of the persons who hold or may hold the common or group rights comprising the native title, must be complied with in relation to authorising things of that kind--the persons authorise the making of the agreement in accordance with that process; or
(b) where there is no such process--the persons authorise the
making of the agreement in accordance with a process of decision - making
agreed to and adopted, by the persons who hold or may hold the common or group
rights comprising the native title, in relation to authorising the making of
the agreement or of things of that kind.