New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS ACT 1983 - SECT 40C

40C Sale etc of land by New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council

(1) The New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council may, subject to the provisions of any other Act, sell, exchange, mortgage or otherwise dispose of land vested in it if:

(a) at a meeting of the Local Aboriginal Land Council of the area in which the land is situated specifically called for the purpose (being a meeting at which a quorum was present) not less than 80 per cent of the members of the Council present and voting have determined that the land is not of cultural significance to Aborigines of the area and should be disposed of, and

(c) in the case of the disposal of land transferred to an Aboriginal Land Council under section 36, both the Crown Lands Minister referred to in that section and the Minister have been notified of the proposed disposal.

(2) A certificate in the prescribed form (if any) purporting to be signed by the Chairperson of the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council and certifying that the disposal by the Council of land specified in the certificate does not contravene this section is conclusive evidence of the fact in favour of any person (whether or not the person is the person to whom the certificate was issued) except a person who had notice, when the certificate was issued, that the disposal of the land did contravene this section.

(3) For the purposes of this section, land is of cultural significance to Aborigines if the land is significant in terms of the traditions, observances, customs, beliefs or history of Aborigines.