Native Title (Recognition as Representative Body–Goldfields Land and Sea Council) Instrument 2016 (Cth)

Native Title (Recognition as Representative Body–Goldfields Land and Sea Council) Instrument 2016

I, Nigel Scullion, Minister for Indigenous Affairs, make the following instrument.

Dated 5 May 2016

NIGEL SCULLION

Minister for Indigenous Affairs

1. Name

   This instrument is the Native Title (Recognition as Representative Body–Goldfields Land and Sea Council) Instrument 2016.

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	1 July 2016

Note:             This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 203AD(1) of the Native Title Act 1993.

4              Definitions

In this instrument:

Act means the Native Title Act 1993.

Representative Body means a representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body recognised under section 203AD of the Act.

Goldfields Land and Sea Council means the Goldfields Land and Sea Council Aboriginal Corporation (ICN 364) as registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006.

5              Recognised Representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander Body

For subsection 203AD(1) of the Act, the Goldfields Land and Sea Council is the recognised Representative Body for the area described in Schedule 1.

6              Period of recognition

For subsection 203AD(2) of the Act, this recognition as a Representative Body takes effect on 1 July 2016 and ceases to have effect on 30 June 2018.

7              Revocation of the previous instrument of recognition

The Recognition as Representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander Body 2015 (No. 2) instrument is revoked with effect on the date of the commencement of this Instrument.

Schedule 1 - Description of area (Goldfields)

1. The Goldfields area is the area of land and waters bounded by a line commencing at the intersection of the western boundary of the 1991 Local Government Area (LGA) of Esperence and the coastline of mainland Australia, and then proceeding generally northerly along the western boundary of that LGA to its intersection with the Dundas LGA, then generally westerly and northerly along the southern and western boundaries of that LGA to its intersection with the Coolgardie LGA, then generally northerly along the western boundary of that LGA to its intersection with the Menzies LGA, then generally north-westerly and north-easterly along the western boundary of that LGA to its intersection with the Leonora LGA, then generally northerly and easterly along the western and northern boundaries of that LGA to its intersection with the Laverton LGA, then generally easterly along the northern boundary of that LGA to its intersection with longitude 124 degrees east, then south along that meridian to its intersection with the Cosmo Newbery Aboriginal Reserve, then generally westerly and southerly along the boundary of that Reserve to its intersection with White Cliffs Station, then generally southerly and westerly along the boundary of that Station to its intersection with Merolia Station, then generally southerly and westerly along the boundary of that Station to its intersection with Mount Celia Station, then generally southerly along the boundary of that Station to its intersection with Kirgella Rocks Station, then generally southerly along the boundary of that Station to its intersection with the Menzies LGA, then generally westerly along the southern boundary of that LGA to its intersection with Kurnalpi- Pinjin road, then generally south-westerly along that road to the Y junction of the road near Yowie Hill, then generally north-easterly on that road to the T junction at Six Mile Dam, then generally southerly along the road to the Karonie Railway Station, then generally east along the railway line to the T intersection at Black Cat Well, then generally south-easterly along the road to its intersection with the Dundas LGA, then generally easterly along the northern boundary of that LGA to its intersection with the Western Australian and South Australian State border, then south along that border to its intersection with the coastline of mainland Australia, then generally southerly along the Western Australian and South Australia adjacent area boundary as defined in Schedule 2 of the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967 to its intersection with the outer limit of the exclusive economic zone of Australia (EEZ), then generally westerly along that outer limit to a point due south of the point where the line began, and then due north by a straight line to the point where the line began.

2 In this Schedule:

exclusive economic zone means the exclusive economic zone within the meaning of the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973.

Note

1.       All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislation kept under the Legislation Act 2003. See align="center">Goldfields