NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1974 - SECT 71H
Selection of representatives for negotiations after Aboriginal owners identified
NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1974 - SECT 71H
Selection of representatives for negotiations after Aboriginal owners identified
71H Selection of representatives for negotiations after Aboriginal owners
identified
(1) This section applies if, at the time negotiations under this Division
commence, the Minister administering the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 is,
after consulting the Registrar, satisfied a sufficient number of
Aboriginal owners of the lands concerned has been identified to enable that
Minister to select a negotiating panel from their number that will adequately
represent the wishes of Aboriginal persons who have a cultural association
with the lands.
(2) The Minister administering the Aboriginal Land Rights
Act 1983 may, for the purposes of the conduct of negotiations under this
Division in circumstances referred to in subsection (1), and after consulting
the Aboriginal owners of the lands concerned or any group representing them
concerning nominees to the negotiating panel, appoint a negotiating panel from
the Aboriginal owners to represent Aboriginal persons who have a cultural
association with the lands concerned.
(3) The Minister may, for the purposes
of making appointments to the panel, consult with any other person or body
(including any group formed by Aboriginal persons) that, in the Minister's
opinion, may assist the Minister to ensure that the panel is appropriately
constituted.