Commonwealth Numbered Acts

NATIVE TITLE ACT 1993 No. 110, 1993 - SECT 4

4. The following table broadly summarises the content of this Act:
OUTLINE OF ACT
Part                         Coverage

  1      Preliminary matters.

  2      Native title:


   (a)  Division 1 deals mainly with the recognition of
native title;

   (b)  Divisions 2 and 3 deal with past acts and future
acts, and set out the consequences in terms of:

        (i)    the validity of the acts;

        (ii)   the effect of the acts on native title;

        (iii)  the entitlement of native title holders to
compensation for the acts;

   (c)  Division 4 contains sundry provisions relating to
native title;

   (d)  Division 5 deals with the determination of
compensation;

   (e)  Division 6 provides for prescribed bodies
corporate to perform functions in relation to native
title, which may include holding the native title on
trust.
  3      Applications:


   (a)  Division 1 deals with applications for
determinations of native title and with applications for
compensation;

   (b)  Division 2 deals with applications under the right
to negotiate provisions in Subdivision B of Division 3
of Part 2;

   (c)  Division 3 deals with miscellaneous matters in
relation to applications.
  4      Determinations of the Federal Court:

This Part sets out the functions of the Federal Court
in relation to native title and the procedures to be
followed when dealing with matters arising under this
Act.
  5      Native Title Registrar:

This Part provides for there to be a Native Title
Registrar.
  6      National Native Title Tribunal:


   (a)  Division 1 establishes the Tribunal and sets out
its purpose and way of operating;

   (b)  Division 2 sets out who can be members of the
Tribunal and provides for the terms and conditions of
those members;

   (c)  Division 3 covers the organisation of the Tribunal
for the purpose of inquiries;

   (d)  Division 4 deals with the management of the
Tribunal and with the staff of the Tribunal;

   (e)  Division 5 contains provisions dealing with the
conduct of inquiries by the Tribunal, determinations
that may be made by the Tribunal and appeals to the
Federal Court;

   (f)  Division 6 sets out offences in relation to the
Tribunal;

   (g)  Division 7 deals with miscellaneous matters in
relation to the Tribunal.
  7      Register of Native Title Claims:

This Part provides for the establishment and keeping
of the Register of Native Title Claims.
  8      National Native Title Register:

This Part provides for the establishment and keeping
of the National Native Title Register.
  9      Financial assistance to States and Territories:

This Part provides for the Commonwealth to enter into
agreements for the provision of financial assistance to
States and Territories that have validated past acts.
 10      National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land

Fund:
This Part establishes a National Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Land Fund.
 11      Representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander bodies:

This Part provides for representative
Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander bodies.
 12      Parliamentary Joint Committee on Native Title:

This Part provides for the appointment of a
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Native Title.
 13      Miscellaneous provisions.

 14      Amendment of other Acts:


   (a)  Division 1 contains amendments of the Federal
Court of Australia Act 1976, mainly to provide for the
appointment of assessors who will assist the Court in
performing its functions under this Act;

   (b)  Division 2 contains amendments of other Acts that
are consequential to this Act.
 15      Definitions:


   (a)  Division 1 contains a list of the definitions in
the Part;

   (b)  Division 2 contains definitions of the central
         concepts of "native title", "past act" and "future act",

as well as a number of related definitions;

   (c)  Division 3 contains definitions related to leases;

   (d)  Division 4 contains sundry definitions.