LAND ADMINISTRATION ACT 1997 - SECT 83

LAND ADMINISTRATION ACT 1997 - SECT 83

83 .         Transfer etc. of Crown land to advance Aboriginal people

        (1)         The Minister may for the purposes of advancing the interests of any Aboriginal person or persons —

            (a)         transfer Crown land in fee simple; or

            (b)         grant a lease of Crown land, whether for a fixed term or in perpetuity,

                to that person or those persons, or to an approved body corporate, on such conditions as the Minister thinks fit in the best interests of the person or persons concerned.

        (2)         Subsection (1) does not limit the right of any Aboriginal person, or a body corporate, to apply for and acquire an interest in or the fee simple of Crown land under any other provision of this Act.

        (3)         In subsection (1) —

        approved body corporate means a body corporate that the Minister is satisfied —

            (a)         is to hold the land or the lease in trust for the Aboriginal persons concerned; or

            (b)         has a membership that comprises only the Aboriginal persons concerned.

        [Section 83 inserted: No. 61 of 1998 s. 5.]