21AAboriginal group or body may seek establishment of new Land Council

21A Aboriginal group or body may seek establishment of new Land Council

(1) The following may apply to the Minister, in writing, for the establishment of a new Land Council for a qualifying area: (a) one or more adult Aboriginals living in the qualifying area; (b) an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation, the majority of whose members live in the qualifying area; (d) an association of Aboriginals, or a company whose shareholders are all Aboriginals, incorporated under a law of the Northern Territory and the majority of whose members or shareholders live in the qualifying area; (e) any other body prescribed by the regulations, the majority of whose members live in the qualifying area. (2) An application must: (a) set out the boundaries of the qualifying area; and (b) specify a name for the proposed new Land Council; and (c) include an estimate of the number of Aboriginals living in the qualifying area and an explanation of how the estimate was arrived at; and (d) specify the proposed management structure for the proposed new Land Council; and (e) specify the proposed arrangements for consulting and representing Aboriginals living in the qualifying area on issues affecting that area; and (f) include details of any consultation that has occurred with Aboriginals living in the qualifying area on the proposed establishment of the new Land Council; and (g) include any other information prescribed by the regulations.