31Alteration of boundaries or dissolution of Local Aboriginal Land Council area

31 Alteration of boundaries or dissolution of Local Aboriginal Land Council area

31 Alteration of boundaries or dissolution of Local Aboriginal Land Council area

(1) A Local Aboriginal Land Council may apply to the Registrar for an order under section 87(1)(b) or (e) of the Act.

(2) An application must—

(a) be made in writing, and

(b) specify, to the satisfaction of the Registrar, the boundaries of the area as proposed to be altered or the area of the Local Aboriginal Land Council to be dissolved.

(3) An application may be withdrawn at any time by notice to the Registrar or, if the application has been referred to the Court, in accordance with the rules of the Court.

(4) Division 1 applies to and in respect of an application under this clause in the same way as it applies to and in respect of an application under Division 1.

(5) For that purpose—

(a) a reference to an area proposed in an application under Division 1 is taken to be a reference to an area as proposed to be altered in accordance with an application under this clause, and

(b) a reference to the constitution of an area as a Local Aboriginal Land Council area is taken to be a reference to the alteration of the boundaries of a Local Aboriginal Land Council area or a reference to the dissolution of a Local Aboriginal Land Council, as the case requires, and

(c) in the case of an application under section 87(1)(e) of the Act, clauses 22(2)(c) and (d), 26(3)(b) and (4), 29 and 30 do not apply.