Recognition of Representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander Body 2000 (No. 1) (Cth)

Recognition of Representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander Body 2000 (No. 1)

I, John Joseph Herron, Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, acting under subsection 203AD(1) of the Native Title Act 1993, recognise the Central Queensland Land Council Aboriginal Corporation as the representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body for the area described in Schedule 1.

I am satisfied that the Central Queensland Land Council Aboriginal Corporation:

(a)    will satisfactorily represent persons who hold or may hold native title in the area described in Schedule 1; and

(b)   will be able to consult effectively with Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders living in that area; and

(c)    satisfactorily performs its existing representative body functions; and

(d)   would be able to perform satisfactorily the functions of a representative body.

This recognition takes effect on 1 July 2000.

Dated     2 February 2000

JOHN HERRON

Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs

Schedule 1            Description of area (Queensland North)

1. The area is the area of land and waters bounded by a line commencing at the intersection of the southern boundary of the 1991 Local Government Area (LGA) of Sarina and the coastline of mainland Australia, and then proceeding generally south-westerly along the southern boundary of that LGA to its intersection with the Nebo LGA, then generally westerly along the southern boundary of that LGA to its intersection with the Bowen LGA, then generally westerly along the southern boundary of that LGA to its intersection with the Dalrymple LGA, then generally westerly along the southern boundary of that LGA to its intersection with the Flinders LGA, then generally westerly along the southern boundary of that LGA to its intersection with the Richmond LGA, then generally westerly, northerly and easterly along the southern, western and northern boundaries of that LGA to its intersection with the Flinders LGA, then generally easterly along the northern boundary of that LGA to its intersection with the Dalrymple LGA, then generally northerly and easterly along the western and northern boundaries of that LGA to its intersection with the Hinchinbrook LGA, then generally northerly along the western boundary of that LGA to its intersection with the Cardwell LGA, then generally northerly and easterly along the western and northern boundaries of that LGA to its intersection with the coastline of mainland Australia, then due east to its intersection with the outer limit of the Exclusive Economic Zone of Australia (EEZ), then generally southerly along that outer limit to a point due east of the point where the line began, and then due west to the point where the line began.

1. In this Schedule:

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