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Aboriginal Land Act 1991
sec.178When agreement of Aboriginal people is given
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sec.178 When agreement of Aboriginal people is given
If this Act provides that Aboriginal people be generally in agreement with a grant, consent or agreement about Aboriginal land, the agreement of the Aboriginal people is taken to have been given when— if there is a particular process of decision-making that, under the Aboriginal tradition of the Aboriginal people, must be complied with for decisions of that kind—the decision was made under the process; or otherwise—the decision was made under the process of decision-making agreed to and adopted by the Aboriginal people for the decision or for decisions of that kind. s 178 ins 2008 No. 29 s 44
- (a) if there is a particular process of decision-making that, under the Aboriginal tradition of the Aboriginal people, must be complied with for decisions of that kind—the decision was made under the process; or
- (b) otherwise—the decision was made under the process of decision-making agreed to and adopted by the Aboriginal people for the decision or for decisions of that kind.