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Native Title and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Fund Committee

SIXTH REPORT OF THE PARLIAMENTARY JOINT COMMITTEE ON NATIVE TITLE AND THE ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER LAND FUND The Native Title Amendment Bill 1996
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Recommendations Contained in Sixth Report

Recommendation 6 [1]

That the Native Title Amendment Bill 1996 and Exposure Draft proposals be referred to this Committee for further consideration and report by 13 December 1996.

Recommendation 7

That the amendment proposing s.190A(7) be adopted with the substitution of 'reasonably arguable' for 'prima facie'.

Recommendation 8

That the proposed item 130 be amended to provide for the omission of reference to judges at s.110, table, row dealing with presidential members. That the words 'is, and' be deleted from the addition so as not to preclude judges whose names may have been removed from the practitioners' list upon their judicial appointment. That the proposed amendment be otherwise adopted.

Recommendation 9

That the following amendment to the Native Title Act 1993 be adopted:
Section 111
Add:
(3) Persons conducting consultancies in matters related to native title, or employed by companies, firms or partnerships accepting work in that field, are not eligible for appointment, or must cease such activity upon appointment.

Recommendation 10

That the Senate not consider the permissible pastoral lease renewal provisions of the Native Title Amendment Bill 1996 at Part 6, item 112 Subsection 25 (1C) to (1F) until the High Court has provided judgement in the Wik matter.

Recommendation 11

That the proposed s.203G(2) be amended as follows: omit '(a) ATSIC; or (b) another' and substitute 'a natural'.
That the proposed s.203G(3) be amended as follows: omit 'ATSIC or the other'.

That the proposed s.203G(4) be amended as follows: omit 'ATSIC or the other'.

That the proposed s.203G(5) be amended as follows: line one - omit 'ATSIC or the other'; line five omit 'if the review is not to be conducted by ATSIC'.

Footnotes

[1] Recommendations 1 to 5 are contained in previous Committee reports.