NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
TNORALA LOCAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REGULATIONS 1993
As in force at 20 June 2018
Table of provisions
1 Citation ............................................................................................ 1
2 Interpretation ................................................................................... 1
3 Establishment of Committee ............................................................ 2
4 Composition of Committee .............................................................. 2
5 Resignation of member ................................................................... 3
6 Appointment of new member ........................................................... 3
7 Chairman ......................................................................................... 3
8 Calling of meetings, procedure, &c. ................................................. 4
9 Functions and powers of Committee ............................................... 5
10 Members shall not disclose information ........................................... 7
11 Publication of Regulations ............................................................... 7
ENDNOTES
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
As in force at 20 June 2018
TNORALA LOCAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REGULATIONS 1993
Regulations under the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation
Act 1976
1 Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Tnorala Local Management
Committee Regulations 1993.
2 Interpretation
In these Regulations:
Chairman means the Chairman of the Committee.
Committee means the Tnorala Local Management Committee
established under regulation 3.
member means a member of the Committee.
relevant Aboriginal persons means:
(a) the traditional Aboriginal custodians of the land within the
Reserve; and
(b) Aboriginal persons entitled to enter on and use or occupy the
land within the Reserve in accordance with Aboriginal
tradition, whether or not the entitlement is qualified as to
place, time, circumstance, purpose, permission or by any
other factor; and
(c) Aboriginal persons who are permitted by the persons
mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) to enter on and use or
occupy the land within the Reserve.
Reserve means the area declared to be a reserve by the
Administrator under section 12 of the Act, being Northern Territory
Portion 937.
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3 Establishment of Committee
There is established by these Regulations a committee to be known
as the Tnorala Local Management Committee.
4 Composition of Committee
(1) The Committee shall consist of 6 members appointed by the
Minister of whom:
(a) 4 shall be persons appointed on the nomination of the Tnorala
Aboriginal Corporation; and
(b) 2 shall be persons appointed on the nomination of the
Commission.
(2) A person who is a member of the Legislative Assembly or of either
House of the Parliament of the Commonwealth is not eligible to be
appointed or to hold office as a member.
(3) As soon as practicable after an appointment under
subregulation (1) has been made, the Minister shall cause notice of
the appointment to be published in the Gazette.
(4) Subject to regulations 5 and 6, a member holds office for a period
of 3 years but:
(a) is eligible for reappointment; and
(b) shall continue in office until reappointed or a successor is
appointed.
(5) Where a member is or is about to become unable, whether on
account of illness or otherwise, to perform the duties of the
member's office, the Minister may, where the member was
appointed under:
(a) regulation 4(1)(a), on the recommendation of the Tnorala
Aboriginal Corporation; or
(b) regulation 4(1)(b), on the recommendation of the Commission,
appoint a person to act in place of the member during the period
the member is unable to perform the duties, unless the member
has, under regulation 8(4), given to another member a general
authority to vote for him or her at meetings of the Committee during
the first-mentioned member's inability to perform his or her duties.
(6) A person appointed to act in the place of a member has all the
functions and powers of the member.
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(7) The performance of a function or the exercise of a power of the
Committee is not affected by reason only of there being a vacancy
in the office of a member.
5 Resignation of member
A member may resign office by writing signed by or with the
authority of the member, delivered to the Minister.
6 Appointment of new member
(1) The Minister shall, as soon as practicable after:
(a) receiving the resignation of a member;
(b) becoming aware of a member's inability to continue as a
member because of illness or for any other reason; or
(c) proof of a breach by a member of regulation 10,
terminate the appointment of the person as a member.
(2) The Minister shall, as soon as practicable after:
(a) becoming aware of the death of a member; or
(b) under subregulation (1), terminating the appointment of a
person as a member,
appoint another person, with the same qualification for membership
as the person in whose place the person is appointed, to be a
member.
7 Chairman
(1) The Minister shall, as soon as practicable after the establishment of
the Committee, or at any time when the office of Chairman is
vacant, convene a meeting of the Committee for the purpose of
electing a member as Chairman.
(2) The Minister shall appoint one of the members appointed under
regulation 4(1)(a) to preside at a meeting referred to in
subregulation (1).
(3) The Chairman shall be elected by the Committee from among the
members appointed under regulation 4(1)(a).
(4) Where a member is elected as Chairman at a meeting referred to in
subregulation (1), the member shall preside at the meeting in place
of the member appointed under subregulation (2).
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(5) Subject to subregulation (6), the Chairman holds office, provided he
or she remains a member, for 3 years but is eligible for re-election.
(6) The Committee may at any time, by resolution, elect a new
Chairman having the qualification referred to in subregulation (3)
and, on the passing of such a resolution, the person who held the
office immediately before the resolution was passed ceases to hold
the office.
8 Calling of meetings, procedure, &c.
(1) The Chairman shall call such meetings of the Committee as are
necessary for the performance of its functions and the exercise of
its powers but in any case shall call not less than 4 meetings in
each calendar year.
(2) At any time:
(a) the Minister may direct; or
(b) not less than 3 members may request,
the Chairman to call a meeting of the Committee and the Chairman
shall call a meeting accordingly.
(3) At a meeting of the Committee:
(a) the Chairman, if present, shall preside or, if the Chairman is
not present, the members present shall elect one of their
number to preside;
(b) subject to subregulation (4), 4 members, of whom 3 shall be
members appointed under regulation 4(1)(a), constitute a
quorum;
(c) questions arising shall be determined by a majority of the
votes of the members present and, in the event of an equality
of votes, the person presiding shall have a casting vote as well
as a deliberative vote; and
(d) subject to these Regulations, the Committee shall determine
the procedures to be followed at or in connection with the
meeting.
(4) A member may, in writing under the member's hand or with the
member's authority, give to another member a general authority to
vote for the first-mentioned member at a meeting of the Committee
and the member given the authority may vote for the first-
mentioned member at the meeting and shall, for the purposes of
subregulation (3)(b), be counted towards a quorum as though he or
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she were also the first-mentioned member but the authorised
member shall not vote on behalf of more than one member, and
may be counted in place of one member only with the same
qualification.
(5) The Committee shall cause records of the Committee's meetings to
be kept and, as soon as practicable after each meeting, shall cause
a copy of the minutes of the meeting to be given to each member,
the Minister and the Central Land Council.
(6) A member may require the Committee to admit to a meeting of the
Committee such persons as the member considers necessary to
advise the member on matters being considered at the meeting and
may require the Committee to allow such persons, or any of them,
to address the meeting on the member's behalf, and the Committee
shall admit those persons and allow them to address the meeting
accordingly.
(7) A person admitted pursuant to subregulation (6) to a meeting of the
Committee shall not vote on a matter at the meeting.
9 Functions and powers of Committee
(1) The Committee is, in the performance of its functions and the
exercise of its powers, subject to the Act and the plan of
management for the Reserve.
(2) The functions of the Committee are:
(a) to assist the Commission in the preparation and assessment
of the plan of management for the Reserve and of any
subsequent amendments of the plan;
(b) to determine, for the purpose of providing guidance to the
Commission, matters relating to the day to day management
of the Reserve;
(c) to determine, in consultation with the Commission, the location
of works and facilities in the Reserve;
(d) to assist the Commission in protecting sites and areas in the
Reserve that are significant to Aboriginal persons in
accordance with Aboriginal tradition;
(e) to nominate Aboriginal persons to assist in the selection of
persons to be employed in the Reserve;
(f) to protect the rights of relevant Aboriginal persons to use the
Reserve;
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(g) to make recommendations to the Commission relating to the
content of educational or interpretive programs to be used in
the Reserve;
(h) to make recommendations to the Commission relating to
filming in the Reserve;
(j) to make recommendations to the Commission relating to staff
training programs for persons employed by the Commission in
the Reserve and in particular relating to the Aboriginal content
of such programs
(k) to make recommendations to the Commission relating to the
granting of concessions and licences for tour operations and
commercial enterprises in the Reserve;
(m) to make recommendations to the Commission relating to entry
and other charges, if any, in the Reserve and the application
of those charges;
(n) to seek reservations of land under Part 6, Division 1 of the
Mineral Titles Act 2010 in respect of the Reserve;
(p) to make recommendations to the Commission relating to
access by persons, other than relevant Aboriginal persons , to
areas within the Reserve;
(q) to make recommendations to the Commission relating to
camping in the Reserve and the establishment of camping
grounds, if any'
(r) to encourage Aboriginal business and commercial initiatives
and enterprises in the Reserve;
(s) to make recommendations to the Commission relating to the
employment, including the terms and conditions of
employment, of relevant Aboriginal persons in the Reserve;
and
(t) to make recommendations to the Commission relating to the
expenditure of budgetary allocations in the Reserve.
(3) The Committee has the power to do all things that are necessary or
convenient to be done for or in connection with, or incidental to the
performance of, its functions.
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10 Members shall not disclose information
A member shall not disclose information obtained in the course of
the member's duties as a member unless the disclosure is made in
the course of those duties.
11 Publication of Regulations
(1) Section 57 of the Interpretation Act 1978 does not apply to these
Regulations.
(2) Copies of these Regulations shall be available for inspection by
members of the public during office hours at the offices of the
Commission.
ENDNOTES
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ENDNOTES
1 KEY
Key to abbreviations
amd = amended od = order
app = appendix om = omitted
bl = by-law pt = Part
ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule
cl = clause rem = remainder
div = Division renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired rep = repealed
f = forms s = section
Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule
hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision
ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation
lt = long title sub = substituted
nc = not commenced
2 LIST OF LEGISLATION
Tnorala Local Management Committee Regulations
Notified 26 February 1993
Commenced 26 February 1993
Mineral Titles (Consequential Amendments) Act 2010 (Act No. 37, 2010)
Assent date 18 November 2010
Commenced 7 November 2011 (Gaz G41, 12 October 2011, p 5)
Statute Law Revision Act 2018 (Act No. 10, 2018)
Assent date 23 May 2018
Commenced 20 June 2018 (Gaz S41, 20 June 2018)
3 GENERAL AMENDMENTS
General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table
of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation
Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22, 2018) to: rr: 1, 9 and 11
4 LIST OF AMENDMENTS
r 2 amd Act No. 10, 2018, s 6
r 9 amd Act No. 37, 2010, s 14; Act No. 10, 2018, s 6