71JMinister may negotiate with Aboriginal negotiating panel and Aboriginal Land Councils

#### 71J Minister may negotiate with Aboriginal negotiating panel and Aboriginal Land Councils 71J Minister may negotiate with Aboriginal negotiating panel and Aboriginal Land Councils > > (1) The Minister may enter into negotiations for the purposes of this Division with an Aboriginal negotiating panel appointed in accordance with this Division and— > > > > > (a) one or more Local Aboriginal Land Councils whose members have a cultural association with Schedule 14 lands, or > > > > > (b) the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council on behalf of one or more Local Aboriginal Land Councils referred to in paragraph (a), or > > > > > (c) the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council on its own behalf, or > > > > > (d) one or more Aboriginal Land Councils that have made a claim for lands to which section 36A of the [Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1983-042) applies. > > > (2) The Minister may enter into negotiations with one Local Aboriginal Land Council whose members have a cultural association with Schedule 14 lands with which members of one or more other Local Aboriginal Land Councils also have a cultural association only if— > > > > > (a) the members of each of those Councils, and > > > > > (b) the Aboriginal negotiating panel, > > > > consent to the Minister negotiating with that Local Aboriginal Land Council. > > **s 71J:** Ins 1996 No 142, Sch 1 \[21\].