South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Before the Court
proceeds to a formal hearing of contested proceedings involving a
native title question, it must call a conference of the parties to the
proceedings to explore the possibility of resolving the matters in dispute by
agreement and without resorting to a formal hearing.
(2) However, the Court
may dispense with a conference if the Court is of the opinion that no useful
purpose would be served by a conference between the parties before the hearing
of the matter or there is some other adequate reason for dispensing with a
conference.