{"id":"F2021L00584","name":"Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) (Jabiru Town Land) Instrument 2021","slug":"aboriginal-land-rights-northern-territory-jabiru-town-land-instrument-2021","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440846,"registerId":"F2021L00584-fast-fetch-1775956329253","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) (Jabiru Town Land) Instrument 2021","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nAboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) (Jabiru Town Land) Instrument 2021\n\nI, Ken Wyatt AM, Minister for Indigenous Australians, make the following instrument.\n\nDated 13 May 2021   \n\nKen Wyatt AM\n\nMinister for Indigenous Australians\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Definitions\n\n5 Jabiru town land\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) (Jabiru Town Land) Instrument 2021.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument on the day after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under section 3AC of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976.\n\n4  Definitions\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976.\n\n5  Jabiru town land\n\nFor section 3AC of the Act, all that land in the Northern Territory of Australia comprising the whole of former Northern Territory Portion 2272 delineated on Survey Plan S79/31 lodged with the Surveyor-General, Darwin, and containing an area of approximately 1297 hectares is specified as Jabiru town land.\n\nNote: Subsection 12(3A) of the Act provides that a deed of grant shall be expressed to exclude from a grant under section 12, in respect of Schedule 1 land, any land on which there is a road over which the public has a right of way.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This instrument adds former Northern Territory Portion 2272 to the set of land treated as Jabiru town land under the Act by specifying that parcel (section 5). It does not amend statutory text but changes the coverage of the Act’s town-land regime and therefore alters how grant and title processes apply to that parcel (see section 3 for authority and the Note referencing subsection 12(3A) for deed-of-grant exclusions)."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose instrument that specifies one land parcel (section 5) – low textual complexity but high reliance on accurate survey identification (Survey Plan S79/31).","Authority is ministerial under section 3AC of the Act (section 3) – procedural discretion to specify town land.","Interacts with existing grant mechanics in the Act: note about subsection 12(3A) affects how deeds of grant must exclude public roads (operational/legal consequence).","Commencement mechanics: whole instrument takes effect the day after registration (section 2) – administrative timing sensitivity.","Minimal definitions (only 'Act' defined) — legal effect depends on reading into the parent Act rather than new definitions here.","Imposes administrative follow-up (land-title/deed adjustments, survey lodging) though it does not itself create new rights or procedures beyond designation."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument designates former Northern Territory Portion 2272 (about 1,297 hectares) as Jabiru town land under the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976. It was made by the Minister for Indigenous Australians under section 3AC and takes effect the day after registration.\n\nThe designation changes how title and grants operate for that parcel: it brings the land into the Act’s town‑land regime and requires deed-of-grant arrangements to account for public roads (see subsection 12(3A))."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the narrow technical function it was designed for: specifying land as 'Jabiru town land' under section 3AC of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976. It has not expanded beyond this original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (5 sections, approximately 300 words)","Only 1 defined term ('Act')","Single operative provision (section 5) with straightforward geographic description","No cross-references beyond the enabling section (s 3AC of the parent Act)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements","Technical but precise land description using survey plan references"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument formally designates a 1,297‑hectare parcel (formerly Northern Territory Portion 2272) as \"Jabiru town land\" under the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976. \n\nIt affects the Mirarr Traditional Owners and Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation, Northern Territory and Commonwealth governments, and Jabiru residents and businesses by enabling the town’s transition from a mining service center to a tourism hub while preserving necessary public access to roads."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/aboriginal-land-rights-northern-territory-jabiru-town-land-instrument-2021","history":"/api/acts/aboriginal-land-rights-northern-territory-jabiru-town-land-instrument-2021/history","analysis":"/api/acts/aboriginal-land-rights-northern-territory-jabiru-town-land-instrument-2021/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/aboriginal-land-rights-northern-territory-jabiru-town-land-instrument-2021/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/aboriginal-land-rights-northern-territory-jabiru-town-land-instrument-2021/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/aboriginal-land-rights-northern-territory-jabiru-town-land-instrument-2021/documents"}}