Lands Acquisition Amendment Regulations 2007 (No. 1)1

Select Legislative Instrument 2007 No. 223

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Lands Acquisition Act 1989.

Dated 19 July 2007

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

RICHARD COLBECK

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance and Administration

1 Name of Regulations

  These Regulations are the Lands Acquisition Amendment Regulations 2007 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

  These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

3 Amendment of Lands Acquisition Regulations 1989

  Schedule 1 amends the Lands Acquisition Regulations 1989.

Schedule 1 Amendment

(regulation 3)

[1] After regulation 4B

insert

4C Specified circumstance – paragraph 21 (1) (b) of the Act (lease of township area vested in the Tiwi Aboriginal Land Trust)

 (1) The Act does not apply in relation to the acquisition by the Commonwealth of a lease of the land mentioned in subregulation (2) in the circumstance that the acquisition occurs in accordance with section 19A of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976.

 (2) The land is the parcel of land on Bathurst Island in the Northern Territory with an area of 454 hectares more or less, being Northern Territory Portion 6798, delineated on Survey Plan S2007/183 lodged with the Northern Territory Surveyor‑General in Darwin.

 (3) This regulation ceases to have effect at the end of 31 March 2008.

1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See www.frli.gov.au.