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Native Title Act 1993
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215 Regulations
(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necessary or convenient as a result of the recognition of representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander bodies being withdrawn under section 203AH.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.