Native Title (Queensland) Amendment Act 1995 (Qld)

Queensland NATIVE TITLE (QUEENSLAND) AMENDMENT ACT 1995 Act No. 30 of 1995

Queensland NATIVE TITLE (QUEENSLAND) AMENDMENT ACT 1995 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3 Amendment of s 35 (Action to be taken about accepted applications (NTA, s.59)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 MINOR AMENDMENTS

Queensland Native Title (Queensland) Amendment Act 1995 Act No. 30 of 1995 An Act to amend the Native Title (Queensland) Act 1993 [Assented to 14 June 1995]

s1 4 Native Title (Queensland) Amendment The Parliament of Queensland enacts— s3 No. 30, 1995 ˙ Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Native Title (Queensland) Amendment Act 1995 . ˙ Act amended 2. This Act amends the Native Title (Queensland) Act 1993 . ˙ Amendment of s 35 (Action to be taken about accepted applications (NTA, s.59)) 3.(1) Section 35(2), after ‘given notice’— insert— ‘(an “accepted application notice” )’. (2) Section 35(2)(a), ‘(an “accepted application notice” )’— omit . (3) Section 35(3)— omit, insert— ‘ (3) An accepted application notice must also state that— (a) if the application is a non-claimant application—the application will be taken to be unopposed unless a claimant application for part of the area covered by the non-claimant application is given to the Registrar, or the National Registrar, within 2 months after the Registrar gave notice of the non-claimant application under subsection (1)(a); or (b) in any other case—a person who wants to be a party to the application must give the Registrar written notice within 2 months after the Registrar gave notice of the application under subsection (1)(a).’.

s3 5 Native Title (Queensland) Amendment (4) Section 35(4), ‘accepted application notices’— omit, insert— ‘the notices mentioned in subsection (2)(a) and (b)’. s3 No. 30, 1995

6 Native Title (Queensland) Amendment No. 30, 1995 ¡ SCHEDULE MINOR AMENDMENTS section 2 of the Act1. Section 4, definition “accepted application notice”— omit, insert— ‘ “accepted application notice” see section 35(2).’. 2. Section 36(1)(a)— omit, insert— ‘(a) a claimant application for any part of the area covered by a non-claimant application is given to the Registrar, or the National Registrar, within 2 months after the Registrar gave notice of the non-claimant application under section 35(1)(a); and’. 3. Section 135, definition “claim”— omit, insert— ‘ “claim” means an assertion in an accepted application, or in an application accepted by the National Registrar, that a person or persons hold native title for a specified area of land or waters within the jurisdictional limits of the State.’. The State of Queensland 1995