Registered Native Title Bodies Corporate Legislation Amendment Regulations 2021 (F2021L00292)

Schedule 1   Amendments

Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Regulations 2017

3   At the end of Part 11

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55A Registered native title body corporate functions of the Registrar

For the purposes of paragraph 658-1(1)(k) of the Act, the Registrar has the functions of:

(a) assessing whether or not, in the Registrar's opinion, a certificate prepared by a registered native title body corporate for the purposes of regulation 9 of the PBC Regulations complies with that regulation, on request by:

(i) a common law holder; or

(ii) a person who has a substantial interest in the decision to which the certificate relates; and

(b) notifying the person who requested the Registrar to make the assessment and the registered native title body corporate of the following:

(i) the date of the certificate;

(ii) the decision to which the certificate relates;

(iii) the Registrar's opinion as to whether or not the certificate complies with regulation 9 of the PBC Regulations.

Note: The Registrar's opinion does not affect the operation of subregulations 9(6) and (7) of the PBC Regulations.