South Australian Consolidated Acts

NATIVE TITLE (SOUTH AUSTRALIA) ACT 1994 - NOTES

Legislative history

Notes

• Please note—References in the legislation to other legislation or instruments or to titles of bodies or offices are not automatically updated as part of the program for the revision and publication of legislation and therefore may be obsolete.

• Earlier versions of this Act (historical versions) are listed at the end of the legislative history.

• For further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes.

Legislation amended by principal Act

The Native Title (South Australia) Act 1994 amended the following:

Acts Interpretation Act 1915

Principal Act and amendments

New entries appear in bold.

Year	No	Title	Assent	Commencement
1994	92	Native Title (South Australia) Act 1994	15.12.1994	15.12.1994 (Gazette 15.12.1994 p2129) except Pt 5—9.5.1996 and except Pts 3 & 4— 17.6.1996 (Gazette 9.5.1996 p2440)
1998	23	Statutes Amendment (Native Title) Act 1998	2.4.1998	Pt 3 (ss 9 & 10)—21.5.1998 (Gazette 21.5.1998 p2199); Pt 3 (s 11)—2.4.2000 (s 7(5) Acts Interpretation Act 1915)
2000	46	Native Title (South Australia) (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2000	13.7.2000	27.8.2001 (Gazette 9.8.2001 p2878)
2000	84	Native Title (South Australia) (Validation and Confirmation) Amendment Act 2000	14.12.2000	22.1.2001 (Gazette 18.1.2001 p68)

Provisions amended

New entries appear in bold.

Entries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in italics.

Provision	How varied	Commencement
Long title	amended under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002	..
Pt 1
s 2	omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002	..
Pt 2
s 3
s 3(1)
Aboriginal group	inserted by 46/2000 s 3(a)	27.8.2001
affect	inserted by 46/2000 s 3(b)	27.8.2001
claimant applicant	inserted by 46/2000 s 3(b)	27.8.2001
native title declaration	substituted by 46/2000 s 3(c)	27.8.2001
native title holder	substituted by 46/2000 s 3(d)	27.8.2001
native title party	inserted by 46/2000 s 3(e)	27.8.2001
native title question	amended by 46/2000 s 3(f)	27.8.2001
native title register	inserted by 46/2000 s 3(g)	27.8.2001
non-claimant application	inserted by 46/2000 s 3(g)	27.8.2001
registered native title rights	inserted by 46/2000 s 3(g)	27.8.2001
registered representative	substituted by 46/2000 s 3(h)	27.8.2001
representative Aboriginal body	substituted by 46/2000 s 3(i)	27.8.2001
s 3(2)	substituted by 46/2000 s 3(j)	27.8.2001
s 3(3)
mining tenement	substituted by 46/2000 s 3(k)	27.8.2001
relevant Act	inserted by 46/2000 s 3(l)	27.8.2001
right to exclusive possession of land	inserted by 46/2000 s 3(l)	27.8.2001
s 4
s 4(3)	amended by 46/2000 s 4(a)	27.8.2001
s 4(3a)	inserted by 46/2000 s 4(b)	27.8.2001
s 4(5)	deleted by 46/2000 s 4(c)	27.8.2001
explanatory note	substituted by 46/2000 s 4(d)	27.8.2001
s 4A	inserted by 46/2000 s 5	27.8.2001
Pt 3
s 9
s 9(1)	amended by 23/1998 s 9(a)	21.5.1998
s 9(1a)	inserted by 23/1998 s 9(b)	21.5.1998
s 12	substituted by 23/1998 s 10	21.5.1998
s 13
s 13(1)	s 13(b) deleted by 46/2000 s 6(a)	27.8.2001
	s 13 redesignated as s 13(1) by 46/2000 s 6(b)	27.8.2001
s 13(2) and (3)	inserted by 46/2000 s 6(b)	27.8.2001
Pt 3 Div 5	amended by 23/1998 s 11	2.4.2000
	substituted by 46/2000 s 7	27.8.2001
Pt 3 Div 6	inserted by 46/2000 s 7	27.8.2001
Pt 4
s 17
s 17(2)	amended by 46/2000 s 8(a), (b)	27.8.2001
s 17(4)	(b) deleted by 46/2000 s 8(c)	27.8.2001
s 17(5)	inserted by 46/2000 s 8(d)	27.8.2001
Pt 4 Div 2	heading substituted by 46/2000 s 9	27.8.2001
s 18	substituted by 46/2000 s 9	27.8.2001
s 18A	inserted by 46/2000 s 9	27.8.2001
Pt 4 Div 2A	heading inserted by 46/2000 s 9	27.8.2001
s 19	substituted by 46/2000 s 9	27.8.2001
ss 19A and 19B	inserted by 46/2000 s 9	27.8.2001
Pt 4 Div 3	heading substituted by 46/2000 s 9	27.8.2001
s 20	substituted by 46/2000 s 9	27.8.2001
s 21—see s 26A
s 22—see s 26B
s 23
s 23(2)	amended by 46/2000 s 11(a)	27.8.2001
s 23(3)	substituted by 46/2000 s 11(b)	27.8.2001
s 23(4)	amended by 46/2000 s 11(c)	27.8.2001
s 24
s 24(1)	amended by 46/2000 s 12	27.8.2001
s 24A	inserted by 46/2000 s 13	27.8.2001
Pt 4 Div 4	heading inserted by 46/2000 s 14	27.8.2001
s 26	substituted by 46/2000 s 15	27.8.2001
s 26A	s 21 amended by 46/2000 s 10(1)	27.8.2001
	s 21 redesignated as s 26A by 46/2000 s 10(2)	27.8.2001
s 26B	s 22 redesignated as s 26B by 46/2000 s 10(2)	27.8.2001
s 27	amended by 46/2000 s 16	27.8.2001
Pt 4A	inserted by 46/2000 s 17	27.8.2001
Pt 5
s 30
s 30(1)	substituted by 46/2000 s 18(a)	27.8.2001
s 30(2)	amended by 46/2000 s 18(b)	27.8.2001
s 30(4)	inserted by 46/2000 s 18(c)	27.8.2001
Pt 6	heading substituted by 84/2000 s 3	22.1.2001
Pt 6 Div 1	heading inserted by 84/2000 s 3	22.1.2001
Pt 6 Div 2	heading inserted by 84/2000 s 4	22.1.2001
ss 32A and 32B	inserted by 84/2000 s 5	22.1.2001
Pt 6 Div 3	heading inserted by 84/2000 s 5	22.1.2001
s 32C	inserted by 84/2000 s 5	22.1.2001
Pt 6 Div 4	heading inserted by 84/2000 s 6	22.1.2001
ss 36A—36E	inserted by 84/2000 s 6	22.1.2001
Pt 6 Div 5	heading inserted by 84/2000 s 6	22.1.2001
ss 36F—36J	inserted by 84/2000 s 6	22.1.2001
Pt 6 Div 6	heading inserted by 84/2000 s 6	22.1.2001
s 38	substituted by 84/2000 s 7	22.1.2001
Pt 7
s 39
s 39(4)	amended by 84/2000 s 8(a)	22.1.2001
s 39(5)	amended by 84/2000 s 8(b)	22.1.2001
Pt 8
s 39A	inserted by 46/2000 s 19	27.8.2001
Sch	omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002	§

Transitional etc provisions associated with Act or amendments

Native Title (South Australia) (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2000

20—Previous registration or application for registration of claim to native title

(1) If, at the commencement of this Act, an application for registration of a claim to native title has been made but not determined under the principal Act, the Registrar is to consider the application as if it had been made on or after that commencement.

(2) If, at the commencement of this Act, there are registered claims to native title under the principal Act, the Registrar is, as soon as practicable, to reconsider each of those claims as if an application for registration of the claim had been made on or after that commencement (and the Native Title Registrar appointed under Pt 5 of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cwth) must be informed of the outcome of the reconsideration of each claim).

(3) If, at the commencement of this Act, an application for review of a decision of the Registrar to reject an application for registration of a claim to native title has been made but not determined, the application must be determined as if the application for registration had been made on or after that commencement.

Historical versions

Reprint No 1—21.5.1998
Reprint No 2—2.4.2000
Reprint No 3—22.1.2001