sec.63Joint hearing of claims

sec.63 Joint hearing of claims

If— a claim (the first claim ) is duly made under this Act by a group of Aboriginal people for an area of claimable land; and a claim (the subsequent claim ) is duly made under this Act by another group of Aboriginal people for the whole or a part of the area of claimable land (whether or not an additional area of claimable land is also claimed); and the subsequent claim is referred to the Land Tribunal within the period specified in the notice published under section 62 in relation to the first claim or before the hearing of the first claim has started; then— the first claim and the subsequent claim are to be heard and determined together; and if the subsequent claim does not include an additional area of claimable land— section 62 does not apply to the subsequent claim. s 63 amd 1993 No. 85 s 161D (amd 1994 No. 61 s 2 sch 2 )

• (a) a claim (the first claim ) is duly made under this Act by a group of Aboriginal people for an area of claimable land; and
• (b) a claim (the subsequent claim ) is duly made under this Act by another group of Aboriginal people for the whole or a part of the area of claimable land (whether or not an additional area of claimable land is also claimed); and
• (c) the subsequent claim is referred to the Land Tribunal within the period specified in the notice published under section 62 in relation to the first claim or before the hearing of the first claim has started;
• (d) the first claim and the subsequent claim are to be heard and determined together; and
• (e) if the subsequent claim does not include an additional area of claimable land— section 62 does not apply to the subsequent claim.