14Land subject to Aboriginal land claims

14 Land subject to Aboriginal land claims

14 Land subject to Aboriginal land claims

(1) This section applies to land that, immediately before 1 January 2011, is subject to a pending land claim under Division 2 of Part 2 of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 and that is reserved under Schedule 4 or 5 to this Act or by the amendments made to the Brigalow and Nandewar Community Conservation Area Act 2005 by Schedule 7 to this Act.

(2) Land to which this section applies is taken, for the purposes only of Division 2 of Part 2 of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983, not to be reserved by the operation of Schedule 4 or by the amendments made by Schedule 7 to this Act, and accordingly any such pending land claim may continue to be dealt with under that Act.

(3) If any such pending land claim is granted under Division 2 of Part 2 of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 and land is transferred under that Division, the land transferred ceases to be reserved under Schedule 4 or under the Brigalow and Nandewar Community Conservation Area Act 2005 as amended by Schedule 7.

(4) For the purposes of this section, a pending land claim includes a land claim that is subject to a pending appeal to the Land and Environment Court or a pending right to make such an appeal.