Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) (Townships) Instrument 2022 (Cth)

Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) (Townships) Instrument 2022

I, Linda Burney, Minister for Indigenous Australians, make the following instrument.

Dated   23 November 2022

Linda Burney

Minister for Indigenous Australians

Contents

1............ Name............................................................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement............................................................................................................. 1

3............ Authority....................................................................................................................... 1

4............ Definitions..................................................................................................................... 1

5............ Township areas in relation to the Tiwi Aboriginal Land Trust...................................... 1

6............ Township area in relation to the Anindilyakwa Land Trust........................................... 2

7............ Township area in relation to the Arnhem Land Aboriginal Land Trust......................... 3

1  Name

This instrument is the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) (Townships) Instrument 2022.

2  Commencement

(1)  Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1.  The whole of this instrument	13 December 2022.	13 December 2022

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

This instrument is made under subsection 3AB(3A) of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976.

4  Definitions

(1)  In this instrument:

Act means the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976.

(2)  A reference in this instrument to a Survey Plan followed by a numerical identifier is a reference to the survey plan with that identifier that has been approved by the Surveyor‑General of the Northern Territory.

5  Township areas in relation to the Tiwi Aboriginal Land Trust

(1) For the purposes of subsection 3AB(3) of the Act, this section prescribes areas of land in relation to the Tiwi Aboriginal Land Trust.

(2)  The parcel of land mentioned in the following table is prescribed as an area.

Item	Name by which parcel of land is known	Description of parcel of land
1	Wurrumiyanga	The parcel of land on Bathurst Island with an area of approximately 454 hectares, being Northern Territory Portion 6798(A) delineated on Survey Plan S2007/183

(3)  The parcel of land mentioned in the following table is prescribed as an area.

Item	Name by which parcel of land is known	Description of parcel of land
1	Pirlangimpi	The parcel of land on Melville Island with an area of approximately 1,075 hectares, being Northern Territory Portion 7363(A) delineated on Survey Plan S2014/211

(4)  The parcels of land mentioned in the following table are prescribed as a single area.

Item	Name by which parcel of land is known	Description of parcel of land
1	Wurankuwu	The parcel of land on Bathurst Island with an area of approximately 840 hectares, being Northern Territory Portion 7086(A) delineated on Survey Plan S2010/229
2	Milikapiti	The parcel of land on Melville Island with an area of approximately 544.4 hectares, being Northern Territory Portion 7087(A) delineated on Survey Plan S2010/230

6  Township area in relation to the Anindilyakwa Land Trust

For the purposes of subsection 3AB(3) of the Act, the parcels of land mentioned in the following table are prescribed as a single area of land in relation to the Anindilyakwa Land Trust.

Item	Name by which parcel of land is known	Description of parcel of land
1	Angurugu	The parcel of land on Groote Eylandt with an area of approximately 150 hectares, being Northern Territory Portion 7006(A) delineated on Survey Plan S2007/180
2	Umbakumba	The parcel of land on Groote Eylandt with an area of approximately 314 hectares, being Northern Territory Portion 7008(A) delineated on Survey Plan S2007/181
3	Milyakburra	The parcel of land on Bickerton Island with an area of approximately 510 hectares, being Northern Territory Portion 7007(A) delineated on Survey Plan S2007/207
4	Four Mile	The parcel of land on Groote Eylandt with an area of approximately 19.14 hectares, being Northern Territory Portion 7996(A) delineated on Survey Plan S2022/017
5	Little Paradise	The parcel of land on Groote Eylandt with an area of approximately 5.85 hectares, being Northern Territory Portion 7997(A) delineated on Survey Plan S2022/018
6	Malkala	The parcel of land on Groote Eylandt with an area of approximately 14.26 hectares, being Northern Territory Portion 7998(A) delineated on Survey Plan S2022/019
7	Bartalumba Bay	The parcel of land on Groote Eylandt with an area of approximately 7.86 hectares, being Northern Territory Portion 7999(A) delineated on Survey Plan S2022/020

7  Township area in relation to the Arnhem Land Aboriginal Land Trust

For the purposes of subsection 3AB(3) of the Act, the parcel of land mentioned in the following table is prescribed as an area in relation to the Arnhem Land Aboriginal Land Trust.

Item	Name by which parcel of land is known	Description of parcel of land
1	Gunyangara	The parcel of land in the Northern Territory with an area of approximately 376.2 hectares, being Northern Territory Portion 7560(A) delineated on Survey Plan S2016/039