9Transfer of former State forest land to Eden Local Aboriginal Land Council

9 Transfer of former State forest land to Eden Local Aboriginal Land Council

9 Transfer of former State forest land to Eden Local Aboriginal Land Council

(1) The land described in Schedule 5 is to be transferred to the Eden Local Aboriginal Land Council by the Crown Lands Minister in accordance with Division 2 of Part 2 of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983.

(2) For that purpose, the Crown Lands Minister is taken to have granted a claim under Division 2 of Part 2 of that Act for the land (whether or not the land is claimable Crown land or any claim has in fact been made).

(3) The land is to be transferred as soon as practicable after the commencement of this Act.

(4) The Crown Lands Minister may, in connection with the transfer of the land, do any one or more of the following:

(a) cause the land to be surveyed and adjust the boundaries of the land described in Schedule 5 in accordance with the survey for the purpose of the transfer of the land,

(b) exclude from the transfer any part of the land that is subject to an existing interest immediately before the transfer,

(c) make the transfer subject to any such existing interest,

(d) make the transfer subject to any condition relating to the use of the land for a government purpose, whether by way of the creation of an easement, covenant, lease or other interest in or affecting the land.

(5) In this section, Crown Lands Minister has the same meaning as it has in section 36 of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983.