(1) The Governor‑General may make regulations prescribing matters:
(a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or
(b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
Prescribed fees
(2) Without limiting subsection (1):
(a) the regulations may make provision:
(i) prescribing fees to be paid for inspecting the Register of Native Title Claims, the Register of Indigenous Land Use Agreements or the National Native Title Register; and
(ii) for or in relation to the waiver or refund, in whole or in part, of such fees; and
(aa) the regulations may make provision:
(i) prescribing fees to be paid to obtain access to, or information from, records or information kept by the Native Title Registrar as mentioned in section 41B or 98A; and
(ii) for or in relation to the waiver or refund, in whole or part, of such fees; and
(b) the regulations may make provision:
(i) prescribing fees to be paid in relation to applications to the Native Title Registrar; and
(ia) the waiver, in whole or in part, of those fees; and
(ii) for or in relation to the refund, in whole or in part, of fees so paid where proceedings on the applications terminate in a manner favourable to the applicants; and
(c) regulations prescribing fees may:
(i) prescribe fees in relation to a particular class or classes of applications only; and
(ii) prescribe different fees in relation to different classes of applications.
Registers
(3) Without limiting subsection (1), the regulations may make provision, not inconsistent with this Act, relating to the way in which:
(a) the Register of Native Title Claims; or
(b) the Register of Indigenous Land Use Agreements; or
(c) the National Native Title Register;
is to be established and kept, or relating to any other matter concerning such a register.
Transitional or saving provisions
(4) Without limiting subsection (1), the regulations may make such transitional or saving provisions as are necessary or convenient as a result of the recognition of representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander bodies being withdrawn under section 203AH.
Part 15—Definitions
Division 1—List of definitions
222 List of definitions
The following table lists the definitions in this Part and shows their location:
List of Definitions
Expression Section
Aboriginal peoples 253
Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander land or waters 253
act 226
act attracting the expedited procedure 237
affect 227
agent prescribed body corporate 253
agricultural lease 247
applicant 253
approved determination of native title 253
arbitral body 253
assessor 253
attributable 239
authorise 253
category A intermediate period act 232B
category A past act 229
category B intermediate period act 232C
category B past act 230
category C intermediate period act 232D
category C past act 231
category D intermediate period act 232E
category D past act 232
Chief Justice 253
claimant application 253
coastal sea 253
commercial lease 246
common law holders 253
Commonwealth Minister 253
community purposes lease 249A
CSC 253
determination of native title 225
exclusive agricultural lease 247A
exclusive pastoral lease 248A
explore 253
extinguish 237A
Federal Court 253
Federal Court Chief Executive Officer 253
Federal Court Registrar 253
forest operations 253
former judge 253
future act 233
Government party 253
grantee party 253
horticulture 253
indigenous land use agreement 253
infrastructure facility 253
interest 253
intermediate period act 232A
Judge 253
jurisdictional limits 253
land 253
land or waters on which a public work is constructed, established or situated 251D
lease 242
lessee 243
major earthworks 253
member 253
mine 253
mining lease 245
National Native Title Register 253
National Native Title Tribunal 253
native title 223
native title application inquiry 253
native title claim group 253
native title group 24CD, 24DE
native title holder 224
native title party 253
Native Title Registrar 253
native title rights and interests 223
negotiation party 253
NNTT 253
non‑claimant application 253
non‑exclusive agricultural lease 247B
non‑exclusive pastoral lease 248B
non‑extinguishment principle 238
non‑presidential member 253
notify the public in the determined way 252
offshore place 253
onshore place 253
ordinary title 253
paragraph 51(xxxi) acquisition of property 253
paragraph 51(xxxi) just terms 253
past act 228
pastoral lease 248
permit 244
perpetual lease 249B
prescribed 253
President 253
presidential member 253
previous exclusive possession act 23B
previous non‑exclusive possession act 23F
primary production activity 24GA
procedural right 253
public education facilities 253
public health facilities 253
public housing 253
public work 253
recognised State/Territory body 253
Register of Indigenous Land Use Agreements 253
Register of Native Title Claims 253
registered native title body corporate 253
registered native title claimant 253
Registrar 253
representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body 253
representative body 253
residential lease 249
right to negotiate application 253
Scheduled interest 249C
similar compensable interest test 240
special matter 253
State Minister 253
statutory authority 253
subject to section 24FA protection 253
subsection 24DJ(1) objection application 253
Territory Minister 253
Torres Strait Islander 253
town or city 251C
traditional activity 44A
Tribunal 253
valid 253
waters 253
Division 2—Key concepts: Native title and acts of various kinds etc.