sec.62Right of Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples to particular forest products and quarry material—Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land

### sec.62 Right of Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples to particular forest products and quarry material—Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land If there is no reservation to the Crown of forest products or quarry material, within the meaning of the Forestry Act 1959 , above, on or below the surface of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander land, the community government or indigenous regional council for the community government or IRC area in which the land is situated may, subject to subsection (2) , authorise the gathering or digging, and removal, of forest products or quarry material for use in the community government or IRC area. A community government or indigenous regional council must not give an authority unless— the authority is given under an agreement between the community government or indigenous regional council and the grantees of the land; or failing agreement, the community government or indigenous regional council pays the grantees of the land such compensation as is determined by the Land Court. s 62 prev s 62 ins 1990 No. 104 s 13 om 2004 No. 37 s 86 sch 1 pres s 62 ins 1991 No. 76 s 20 amd 1999 No. 53 s 35 sch ; 2004 No. 37 s 86 sch 1 ; 2007 No. 59 s 40 ; 2023 No. 12 s 108 (sec.62-ssec.1) If there is no reservation to the Crown of forest products or quarry material, within the meaning of the Forestry Act 1959 , above, on or below the surface of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander land, the community government or indigenous regional council for the community government or IRC area in which the land is situated may, subject to subsection (2) , authorise the gathering or digging, and removal, of forest products or quarry material for use in the community government or IRC area. (sec.62-ssec.2) A community government or indigenous regional council must not give an authority unless— the authority is given under an agreement between the community government or indigenous regional council and the grantees of the land; or failing agreement, the community government or indigenous regional council pays the grantees of the land such compensation as is determined by the Land Court. - (a) the authority is given under an agreement between the community government or indigenous regional council and the grantees of the land; or - (b) failing agreement, the community government or indigenous regional council pays the grantees of the land such compensation as is determined by the Land Court.