PASTORAL LAND MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION ACT 1989 - SECT 47

PASTORAL LAND MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION ACT 1989 - SECT 47

47—Rights of Aboriginal persons

        (1)         Despite this Act or any pastoral lease granted under this Act or the repealed Act, but subject to this section, an Aboriginal person may enter, travel across or stay on pastoral land for the purpose of following the traditional pursuits of the Aboriginal people.

        (2)         Subsection (1) does not give an Aboriginal person a right to camp—

            (a)         within a radius of one kilometre of any house, shed or other outbuilding on pastoral land; or

            (b)         within a radius of 500 metres of a dam or any other constructed stock watering point.

        (3)         An ILUA in force in relation to particular pastoral land may—

            (a)         confer a right to enter, travel across or stay on the land in addition to the rights conferred by subsection (1); or

            (b)         remove or qualify, or make any other provision in relation to, the rights conferred by subsection (1).