ABORIGINAL LAND ACT 1978 - SECT 5 Issue of permits
ABORIGINAL LAND ACT 1978 - SECT 5
Issue of permits(1) The Land Council for the area in which Aboriginal land or a road is situated may issue a permit to a person to enter onto and remain on that Aboriginal land or use that road subject to such conditions as the Land Council thinks fit.
(2) The traditional Aboriginal owners of an area of Aboriginal land may issue a permit to a person to enter onto and remain on that Aboriginal land, or use a road that is bordered by that Aboriginal land, subject to such conditions as the traditional Aboriginal owners think fit.
(3) A permit to enter onto and remain on Aboriginal land or use a road shall be in writing.
(4) A Land Council, or the traditional Aboriginal owners, may delegate all or part of its or their authority to issue permits under this section and such delegation may be made upon such conditions as the Land Council, or the traditional Aboriginal owners, as the case may be, think fit.
(5) A Land Council may revoke a permit issued by it, under its authority, by the traditional Aboriginal owners or under the authority of the traditional Aboriginal owners over Aboriginal land or a road which is within the area for which it is established.
(6) The traditional Aboriginal owners of an area of Aboriginal land may revoke a permit issued by them, under their authority, by a Land Council or under the authority of a Land Council, where the permit relates to the area of Aboriginal land of which those Aboriginals are traditional Aboriginal owners, or a road that is bordered by that Aboriginal land.
(7) A Land Council shall, before commencing to issue permits for an area of Aboriginal land or a road, consult with and come to an agreement with the traditional Aboriginal owners of the area, or the area that borders the road, as to the terms and conditions upon which the Land Council may issue permits or delegate its authority to issue permits.
(8) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4, the Aboriginal Land Council for the area in which an area of Aboriginal land is situated or the traditional Aboriginal owners of an area of Aboriginal land may, by notice published in a newspaper or broadcast over a radio station, waive the requirement for a permit to enter the Aboriginal land or use a road bordered by that Aboriginal land specified by the Land Council or the traditional Aboriginal owners in the notice for the period or periods specified in that notice and the requirements of section 4 shall not apply over that area, or in respect of that road, for that period or those periods.