NATIVE TITLE (NEW SOUTH WALES) ACT 1994 - As at 20 March 2024 - Act 45 of 1994 - NOTES
NATIVE TITLE (NEW SOUTH WALES) ACT 1994 - As at 20 March 2024 - Act 45 of 1994 - NOTES
See also--
Property NSW Amendment Bill 2024
Editorial note
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Reprint history--
Reprint No 1 27 October 1998
Reprint No 2 23 July 2002
Reprint No 3 12 May 2009
WHEREAS--
(1) The High Court of Australia, in Mabo and ors v. The State of Queensland (No. 2)(1992) 175 CLR 1, rejected the doctrine that Australia was terra nullius (land belonging to no-one) at the time of European settlement and held that the common law of Australia recognises the native title rights of the indigenous inhabitants of Australia--
(2) The Commonwealth Government has enacted the Native Title Act 1993 of the Commonwealth which provides a national scheme for the recognition and protection of native title, the regulation of future dealings with, and claims to, native title and the validation of past State acts invalidated because of the existence of native title--
(3) It is the intention of Parliament that New South Wales should participate in the national scheme established by the Commonwealth Government and that the State should validate past State acts invalidated because of the existence of native title.
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:
Historical notes
The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:
| Am | amended | LW | legislation website | Sch | Schedule |
| Cl | clause | No | number | Schs | Schedules |
| Cll | clauses | p | page | Sec | section |
| Div | Division | pp | pages | Secs | sections |
| Divs | Divisions | Reg | Regulation | Subdiv | Subdivision |
| GG | Government Gazette | Regs | Regulations | Subdivs | Subdivisions |
| Ins | inserted | Rep | repealed | Subst | substituted |
Table of amending instruments
Native Title (New South Wales) Act 1994 No 45. Assented to 2.6.1994. Date of commencement of Parts 1-3, 10 and 11 and Sch 1 (except the amendments to the Land and Environment Court Act 1979, items (7)-(11) of the amendments to the Mining Act 1992 and item (5) of the amendments to the Petroleum (Onshore) Act 1991), 28.11.1994, sec 2 and GG No 156 of 25.11.1994, p 6868; the remaining provisions were not commenced and were repealed by the Native Title (New South Wales) Amendment Act 1998 No 88. This Act has been amended as follows--| 1994 | No 95 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No
2)
1994. Assented to 12.12.1994. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Native Title (New South Wales) Act 1994, assent, Sch 1. |
| 1998 | No 88 | Native Title (New South Wales) Amendment
Act
1998. Assented to 24.9.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 30.9.1998, sec 2 and GG No 142 of 29.9.1998, p 7885. |
| No 163 | Forestry and National Park
Estate Act
1998. Assented to 14.12.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 11, 18.12.1998, sec 2 (1) and GG No 176 of 18.12.1998, p 9721. | |
| 1999 | No 42 | Offshore Minerals
Act
1999. Assented to 8.7.1999. Date of commencement, 31.3.2000, sec 2 and GG No 42 of 31.3.2000, p 2490. |
| No 85 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act (No 2) 1999. Assented to 3.12.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1). | |
| 2000 | No 86 | Fisheries Management and
Environmental
Assessment Legislation Amendment Act 2000. Assented to 6.12.2000. Date of commencement of Sch 8, 23.3.2001, sec 2 and GG No 54 of 16.3.2001, p 1227. |
| No 103 | National Park Estate (Southern
Region
Reservations) Act 2000. Assented to 13.12.2000. Date of commencement, 1.1.2001, sec 2. | |
| No 113 | Marine Parks Amendment
Act
2000. Assented to 20.12.2000. Date of commencement, 2.3.2001, sec 2 and GG No 46 of 2.3.2001, p 1079. The proclamation appointed 1.3.2001 as the date of commencement. Pursuant to section 23 (5) of the Interpretation Act 1987, the proclamation does not fail merely because it was not published in the Gazette until after the day appointed in the proclamation, but section 23 (5) provides, in that event, for the Act to commence on the day on which the proclamation was published in the Gazette. | |
| 2002 | No 137 | National Park Estate
(Reservations)
Act 2002. Assented to 18.12.2002. Date of commencement, 1.1.2003, sec 2. |
| 2003 | No 24 | National Park Estate
(Reservations)
Act 2003. Assented to 7.7.2003. Date of commencement, 1.7.2003, sec 2. |
| 2005 | No 56 | Brigalow and Nandewar
Community
Conservation Area Act 2005. Assented to 1.7.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 12.5, 1.7.2005, sec 2 (2). |
| No 84 | National Park Estate
(Reservations)
Act 2005. Assented to 17.11.2005. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. | |
| 2006 | No 15 | National Parks and
Wildlife
(Adjustment of Areas) Act 2006. Assented to 11.4.2006. Date of commencement, 16.2.2007, sec 2 and GG No 32 of 16.2.2007, p 820. |
| No 40 | State Property Authority
Act
2006. Assented to 8.6.2006. Date of commencement, 1.9.2006, sec 2 and GG No 111 of 1.9.2006, p 7063. | |
| No 90 | National Park Estate (Lower
Hunter
Region Reservations) Act 2006. Assented to 21.11.2006. Date of commencement of sec 14, 1.7.2007, sec 2 (1). | |
| No 92 | Western Sydney Parklands
Act
2006. Assented to 21.11.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 5, 1.1.2008, sec 2 and GG No 185 of 21.12.2007, p 9819. | |
| 2008 | No 65 | Sporting Venues Authorities
Act
2008. Assented to 1.7.2008. Date of commencement, 11.7.2008, sec 2 and GG No 87 of 11.7.2008, p 6882. |
| 2010 | No 22 | National Park Estate (Riverina
Red Gum
Reservations) Act 2010. Assented to 24.5.2010. Date of commencement, 1.7.2010, sec 2. |
| No 38 | National Parks and Wildlife
Amendment
Act 2010. Assented to 15.6.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 3.11, 2.7.2010, sec 2 and 2010 (344) LW 2.7.2010. | |
| No 77 | National Parks and Wildlife
Amendment
(Adjustment of Areas) Act 2010. Assented to 25.10.2010. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. | |
| No 112 | National Park Estate
(South-Western
Cypress Reservations) Act 2010. Assented to 29.11.2010. Date of commencement, 1.1.2011, sec 2. | |
| 2013 | No 95 | Civil and Administrative
Legislation
(Repeal and Amendment) Act 2013. Assented to 20.11.2013. Date of commencement, 1.1.2014, sec 2. |
| 2014 | No 72 | Marine Estate Management
Act
2014. Assented to 11.11.2014. Date of commencement, 19.12.2014, sec 2 and 2014 (833) LW 19.12.2014. |
| 2017 | No 17 | Crown Land Legislation Amendment
Act
2017. Assented to 17.5.2017. Date of commencement of Sch 4, 1.7.2018, sec 2 (1) and 2018 (225) LW 1.6.2018. |
| 2023 | No 29 | Mining Amendment (Mineral Claims--Opal)
Act
2023. Assented to 24.10.2023. Date of commencement, 14.2.2023, sec 2. |
Table of amendments
| Sec 3 | Am 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [1[#93] [2[#93]. |
| Sec 4 | Am 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [3[#93] [4[#93]; 1999 No 42, Sch 3.13. |
| Sec 7 | Am 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [5[#93] [6[#93]. |
| Sec 8A | Ins 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [7[#93]. |
| Sec 9 | Am 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [8[#93] [9[#93]. |
| Part 2, Div 2, heading | Am 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [10[#93]. |
| Sec 9A | Ins 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [11[#93]. |
| Part 2, Div 2, note | Ins 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [12[#93]. |
| Part 2, Div 2A (secs 14A-14F) | Ins 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [13[#93]. |
| Sec 15 | Am 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [14[#93] [15[#93]. |
| Sec 15A | Ins 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [16[#93]. |
| Sec 18 | Am 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [17[#93] [18[#93]. |
| Part 4 | Rep 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [19[#93]. Ins 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [20[#93]. |
| Part 4, Div 1 | Rep 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [19[#93]. Ins 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [20[#93]. |
| Sec 19 | Rep 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [19[#93]. Ins 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [20[#93]. |
| Part 4, Div 2 | Rep 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [19[#93]. Ins 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [20[#93]. |
| Secs 20-22 | Rep 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [19[#93]. Ins 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [20[#93]. |
| Part 4, Div 3, heading | Ins 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [20[#93]. |
| Secs 23-25 | Rep 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [19[#93]. Ins 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [20[#93]. |
| Part 5 | Rep 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [19[#93]. Ins 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [21[#93]. |
| Secs 26-28 | Rep 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [19[#93]. Ins 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [21[#93]. |
| Part 6 | Rep 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [19[#93]. Ins 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [22[#93]. |
| Secs 29-31 | Rep 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [19[#93]. Ins 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [22[#93]. |
| Part 7 | Rep 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [19[#93]. Ins 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [23[#93]. |
| Part 7, Div 1, heading | Rep 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [19[#93]. |
| Sec 32 | Rep 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [19[#93]. Ins 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [23[#93]. Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.105 [1[#93]. |
| Sec 33 | Rep 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [19[#93]. Ins 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [23[#93]. Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.105 [2[#93]. |
| Sec 34 | Rep 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [19[#93]. Ins 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [23[#93]. Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.105 [3[#93]. |
| Sec 35 | Rep 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [19[#93]. Ins 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [23[#93]. Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.105 [4[#93]. |
| Secs 36, 37 | Rep 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [19[#93]. Ins 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [23[#93]. Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.105 [3[#93]. |
| Sec 38 | Rep 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [19[#93]. Ins 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [23[#93]. Subst 2013 No 95, Sch 2.105 [5[#93]. |
| Sec 39 | Rep 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [19[#93]. Ins 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [23[#93]. |
| Secs 40-47 | Rep 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [19[#93]. |
| Part 7, Divs 2, 3 (secs 48-52) | Rep 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [19[#93]. |
| Parts 8, 9 (secs 53-95) | Rep 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [19[#93]. |
| Sec 96 | Am 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [24[#93]. |
| Sec 97 | Am 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [25[#93]-[27[#93]. |
| Sec 98 | Rep 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [28[#93]. |
| Sec 99 | Am 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [29[#93]-[31[#93]. |
| Sec 101 | Am 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [32[#93]. |
| Sec 102 | Subst 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [33[#93]. |
| Sec 103 | Subst 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [34[#93]. |
| Sec 103A | Ins 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [34[#93]. |
| Sec 104, heading | Am 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [35[#93]. |
| Sec 104A | Ins 1998 No 163, Sch 11. Am 2000 No 86, Sch 8 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2000 No 103, Sch 8.2 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2000 No 113, Sch 2 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2002 No 137, Sch 9.2 [1[#93]-[3[#93]; 2003 No 24, sec 13; 2005 No 56, Sch 12.5; 2005 No 84, sec 15; 2006 No 15, sec 6; 2006 No 40, Sch 3.2 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2006 No 90, sec 14; 2006 No 92, Sch 5.3 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2008 No 65, Sch 6.2 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2010 No 22, Sch 10.3; 2010 No 38, Sch 3.11; 2010 No 77, Sch 2; 2010 No 112, Sch 9.3; 2014 No 72, Sch 4.9 [1[#93]-[3[#93]; 2017 No 17, Sch 4.64; 2023 No 29, Sch 2. |
| Sec 107 | Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4. |
| Sec 107A | Ins 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [36[#93]. |
| Sec 108 | Am 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [37[#93]. |
| Sch 1 | Am 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [38[#93]-[40[#93]. Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4. |
| Sch 2 | Ins 1998 No 88, Sch 1 [41[#93]. |
| The whole Act | Am 1994 No 95, Sch 1 ("warden's court" and "wardens' courts" omitted wherever occurring, "Warden's Court" and "Wardens' Courts" inserted instead). |