Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

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COBOURG PENINSULA ABORIGINAL LAND, SANCTUARY AND MARINE PARK ACT - SECT 5

Vesting of land in trustees

5. Vesting of land in trustees

(1) Subject to this Act, all the estate and interest held immediately before the commencement of this Act by the Crown in the sanctuary is hereby granted to, and vested in perpetuity in, the Land Trust in trust for the group.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), the Land Council shall, after due inquiry and consultation, decide who are the members of the group.

(3) Where any dispute arises between the Land Council and an Aboriginal concerning the Aboriginal's membership of the group, the Supreme Court shall have jurisdiction to make orders and declarations concerning the Aboriginal's membership of the group.



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