Native Title Amendment Bill 2006 [Provisions]

23 February 2007

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Members of the Committee	(PDF 63KB)

Abbreviations	(PDF 42KB)

Recommendations	(PDF 39KB)

Chapter 1 - Introduction	(PDF 39KB)
Background Conduct of the inquiry Acknowledgement Note on references

Chapter 2 - Overview of the Bill	(PDF 134KB)
Schedule 1: Native Title Representative Bodies Schedule 2: Claims Resolution Review Schedule 3: Prescribed Bodies Corporate Schedule 4: Funding

Chapter 3 - Native title representative bodies and prescribed bodies corporate	(PDF 229KB)
Schedule 1 – Native Title Representative Bodies Prescribed Bodies Corporate (Schedule 3)

Chapter 4 - The claims resolution process	(PDF 201KB)
Introduction Aspects of the Claims Resolution Review included in the Bill Concurrent mediation by the Federal Court and NNTT Effectiveness of NNTT Mediation Additional NNTT mediation powers Obligation to mediate in good faith Review function of the NNTT Other amendments

Chapter 5 - Summary and conclusion	(PDF 57KB)
Native Title Representative Bodies Prescribed Bodies Corporate Roles of the NNTT and the Federal Court Conclusion

Minority report by the Australian Labor Party and the Australian Greens	(PDF 138KB)
Native Title Representative Bodies Expanded Powers for the National Native Title Tribunal Additional powers to strike out claims Prescribed Bodies Corporate Recommendations of Report of Parliamentary Joint Committee on Native Title and the Torres Strait Islander Land Account from its Inquiry into Native Title Representative Bodies

Additional comments by Senator Andrew Bartlett	(PDF 31KB)

Appendix 1	(PDF 51KB)
Submissions received Tabled documents

Appendix 2 - Witnesses who appeared before the Committee	(PDF 30KB)
Sydney, Tuesday 30 January 2007

For further information, contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3560

Fax: +61 2 6277 5794

Email: legcon.sen@aph.gov.au

Phone:	+61 2 6277 3560
Fax:	+61 2 6277 5794
Email:	legcon.sen@aph.gov.au