Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983
173Requests for opening of parts of Register of Aboriginal Owners
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173 Requests for opening of parts of Register of Aboriginal Owners
173 Requests for opening of parts of Register of Aboriginal Owners
(cf former section 49E)
(1) The Minister administering the NPW Act may request the Registrar to open a part of the Register of Aboriginal Owners for the purpose of entering the names of Aboriginal persons who have a cultural association with lands that the Minister administering the NPW Act has recommended to the Governor be listed in Schedule 14 to that Act.
(2) The Registrar is to comply with a request made by a Minister under this section.
(3) An Aboriginal person or an Aboriginal Land Council may also request the Registrar to open a part of the Register for the purpose of entering the names of Aboriginal persons who have a cultural association with a particular area of land specified in the request.
s 173: Ins 2001 No 118, Sch 1 [17].