136HRegulations about assistance, mediation or review

136H  Regulations about assistance, mediation or review  (1) The regulations may make provision in relation to the way in which:  (a) any assistance is to be provided by the NNTT under any provision of this Act; or  (b) any mediation, that the NNTT is requested to provide, is to be provided under any provision of this Act; or  (c) any review under Division 4AA is to be conducted. Regulations must be consistent with this Act  (2) Such regulations must not be inconsistent with Division 4 of Part 4, Division 4AA of this Part or any other provision of this Act. Division 5—Inquiries and determinations by the Tribunal Subdivision A—Special inquiries 137  Special inquiries Ministerial direction  (1) The Commonwealth Minister may, by written notice, direct the Tribunal to hold an inquiry in relation to a particular matter or issue relating to native title. Matters covered by inquiry  (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the matters that an inquiry may cover include:  (a) the effect on Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders of the validation of particular past acts or intermediate period acts; and  (b) alternative forms of compensation that could be provided in relation to acts covered by this Act; and  (c) action that could be taken to assist Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders where native title has been extinguished. 138  Notice   The Registrar must notify the public in the determined way about the inquiry. Subdivision AA—Native title application inquiries