Native Title Legislation Amendment Act 2021 (6 of 2021)

Schedule 1   Role of the applicant

Part 2   Applicant decision making

Native Title Act 1993

47   After subsection 87A(1)

Insert:

When a registered native title claimant is taken to be a party to the agreement

(1A) The requirements that a registered native title claimant be a party to the agreement and sign the terms of the proposed determination are satisfied if:

(a) a majority of the persons who comprise the registered native title claimant are parties to the agreement and sign the terms, unless paragraph (b) applies; or

(b) if conditions under section 251BA on the authority of the registered native title claimant provide for the persons who must become a party to the agreement and sign the terms - those persons are parties to the agreement and sign the terms.

(1B) The persons in the majority must notify the other persons who comprise the registered native title claimant within a reasonable period after becoming parties to the agreement and signing the terms, as mentioned in paragraph (1A)(a). A failure to comply with this subsection does not invalidate the agreement or any signature.


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