ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS ACT 1983 - SECT 49 Constitution of Local Aboriginal Land Council areas

ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS ACT 1983 - SECT 49

49 Constitution of Local Aboriginal Land Council areas

(cf former section 5)

(1) The Minister may, in the manner prescribed by the regulations, constitute an area as a Local Aboriginal Land Council area.

(2) The Governor may make regulations for or with respect to the constitution of Local Aboriginal Land Council areas.

(3) Without affecting the generality of subsection (2), regulations may be made under that subsection for or with respect to the following--

(a) applications for the constitution of areas as Local Aboriginal Land Council areas,

(b) the making of recommendations to the Minister with respect to proposals to constitute Local Aboriginal Land Council areas,

(c) the lodging of objections against--

(i) the refusal of applications for the constitution of Local Aboriginal Land Council areas or the failure to deal with any such applications, and

(ii) proposals to constitute Local Aboriginal Land Council areas,

(d) the reference to the Court of objections of the kind referred to in paragraph (c) and the hearing and determination by the Court of any such objections.