{"id":"C2004L02294","name":"Native Title (Right to Negotiate - Alternative Provisions) (Northern Territory Petroleum Laws) Determination 1999","slug":"native-title-right-to-negotiate-alternative-provisions-northern-territory-petroleum-laws-determinati","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":26303,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L02294-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Native Title (Right to Negotiate - Alternative Provisions) (Northern Territory Petroleum Laws) Determination 1999","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nNative Title (Right to Negotiate — Alternative Provisions) (Northern Territory Petroleum Laws) Determination 19991\n\nI, DARYL ROBERT WILLIAMS, Attorney-General, acting under paragraph 43A (1) (b) of the Native Title Act 1993 (the Act), determine that:\n\n(a) the provisions of the laws of the Northern Territory mentioned in Schedule 1, providing for alternative provisions to those contained in Subdivision P of Division 3 of Part 2 of the Act, comply with subsections 43A (4) and (6) of the Act; and\n\n(b) the requirements of subsection 43A (7) of the Act are complied with for the whole of the land or waters to which the alternative provisions relate.\n\nDated 27 April 1999.\n\nDARYL WILLIAMS\n\nAttorney-General\n\nSchedule 1 Laws providing alternative provisions to Subdivision P of Division 3 of Part 2 of the Act\n\nPetroleum Act\n\nSections 18 and 19 (including those sections as affected in their operation by regulation 17 of the Petroleum Amendment Regulations), Part IIA (including sections 57E and 57F as affected in their operation by section 13 of the Petroleum Amendment Act 1998 and by regulation 16 of the Petroleum Amendment Regulations), sections 58A, 70A and 117A.\n\nLands and Mining Tribunal Act 1998\n\nPart 2, sections 11, 12, 13, 14 and 17, Divisions 2 and 3 of Part 3, Part 4, sections 36 and 37.\n\n> Note\n\n> Note: 1. This determination commences on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s 48 and Native Title Act 1993, s 214.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2866},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument performs exactly the function authorised by section 43A of the Native Title Act 1993: approving specific alternative territory legislation to replace the federal right-to-negotiate process for petroleum activities. It has not expanded beyond this original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple cross-references to specific sections of two separate Northern Territory Acts (Petroleum Act and Lands and Mining Tribunal Act 1998)","Nested conditional references (sections 'as affected in their operation by' other amending regulations and Acts)","Requires understanding of the interaction between Commonwealth native title law and territory resource legislation","References to specific subdivisions and sections of the Native Title Act 1993 (Subdivision P of Division 3 of Part 2, section 43A)"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument approves specific Northern Territory petroleum and tribunal laws as an alternative to the federal Native Title Act’s “right to negotiate,” so NT notification, objection and tribunal processes will apply to petroleum tenements instead of the federal procedure.  \n\nThat shift affects Aboriginal traditional owners, companies seeking petroleum rights and the NT government — changing the procedural pathway and forum for disputes, though the Territory’s regime must meet Commonwealth minimum standards."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/native-title-right-to-negotiate-alternative-provisions-northern-territory-petroleum-laws-determinati","history":"/api/acts/native-title-right-to-negotiate-alternative-provisions-northern-territory-petroleum-laws-determinati/history","analysis":"/api/acts/native-title-right-to-negotiate-alternative-provisions-northern-territory-petroleum-laws-determinati/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/native-title-right-to-negotiate-alternative-provisions-northern-territory-petroleum-laws-determinati/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/native-title-right-to-negotiate-alternative-provisions-northern-territory-petroleum-laws-determinati/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/native-title-right-to-negotiate-alternative-provisions-northern-territory-petroleum-laws-determinati/documents"}}