173Requests for opening of parts of Register of Aboriginal Owners

#### 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 \[17\].