Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment Regulations 2008 (No. 2)1
Select Legislative Instrument 2008 No. 264
I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976.
Dated 12 December 2008
QUENTIN BRYCE
Governor-General
By Her Excellency’s Command
JENNY MACKLIN
Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
1 Name of Regulations
These Regulations are the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment Regulations 2008 (No. 2).
2 Commencement
These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.
3 Amendment of Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Regulations 2007
Schedule 1 amends the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Regulations 2007.
Schedule 1 Amendments
(regulation 3)
[1] After regulation 6
insert
6A Northern Territory laws not to apply to certain subdivisions of land (Act ss 19E and 20SB)
For sections 19E and 20SB of the Act, Part 5 of the Planning Act (NT) and subsection 52 (10) of the Land Title Act (NT) do not apply to:
(a) a plan of survey for the subdivision of land that:
(i) is limited to formalising land title arrangements for land on which buildings or physical infrastructure has been erected on or after the date of commencement of a lease to the Commonwealth mentioned in section 19E or 20SB of the Act; and
(ii) is lodged with the Surveyor-General for the Northern Territory within 3 years of the commencement date of the lease; and
(b) a sublease by the Commonwealth of a parcel of land specified in the plan of survey, to a person or entity.
[2] Regulation 9
substitute
9 Kind of payment that is an accountable amount (Act s 35 (4A))
For paragraph 35 (4A) (c) of the Act, the kinds of payments are:
(a) a payment made:
(i) in respect of Aboriginal land; and
(ii) by the Director under a lease of the land to the Director; and
(iii) under a lease that was entered into in accordance with an agreement made under subsection 12 (2B) or (2C) of the Act; and
(b) an amount paid under subsection 62 (1G) or (5) of the Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007 in relation to Aboriginal land.
Note
1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.