26Registrar’s recommendation

26 Registrar’s recommendation

26 Registrar’s recommendation

(1) This clause applies if—

(a) 30 clear days after publication of the notice of an application under this Division in the Gazette, no objection has been lodged, or

(b) at any time later than 30 clear days after that publication, all objections lodged have been withdrawn.

(2) The Registrar must send a recommendation concerning an application to the Minister after—

(a) allowing a reasonable period for submissions to be made by the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council in relation to the application, and

(b) considering any submissions.

(3) The Registrar may recommend—

(a) that an area be constituted as a Local Aboriginal Land Council area in accordance with the application, or

(b) with the consent of the applicants—

(i) that only part of the area proposed in the application be so constituted, or

(ii) that the whole or part of the area so proposed be so constituted under a name other than the name proposed in the application, or

(c) that the application not be granted.

(4) A recommendation under subclause (3)(b) must specify the area or the name to which the applicants have consented.

(5) The Registrar must serve notice on the applicants of particulars of a recommendation.