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Serial 96
Aboriginal
Land Amendment (Intertidal Waters) Bill 2010
Mr
Westra van Holthe
A Bill for an Act to amend the Aboriginal Land Act
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
ABORIGINAL LAND AMENDMENT (INTERTIDAL WATERS) ACT 2010
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Act No. [ ] of 2010
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Table of provisions
7A General exemptions
for intertidal waters
NORTHERN
TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
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Act No. [ ] of 2010
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An Act to amend the Aboriginal Land Act
[Assented to [ ] 2010]
[Second reading [ ] 2010]
The Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory enacts as follows:
This Act may be cited as the Aboriginal Land Amendment (Intertidal Waters) Act 2010.
This Act amends the Aboriginal Land Act.
After section 7
insert
7A General exemptions for intertidal waters
(1) An appropriate authority may grant a general exemption in relation to waters situated between the high water mark and the low water mark on Aboriginal land (the relevant intertidal waters).
(2) A general exemption:
(a) must identify the relevant intertidal waters to which it relates; and
(b) may be granted in favour of the public generally or a class of persons defined in the instrument of exemption; and
(c) may be subject to conditions stated in the instrument of exemption.
(3) A general exemption takes effect on publication of the instrument of exemption by Gazette notice.
(4) A person who contravenes a condition of a general exemption is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.
(5) In this section:
appropriate authority, in relation to intertidal waters over Aboriginal land, means either of the following:
(a) the Land Council for the area in which the Aboriginal land is situated;
(b) the traditional Aboriginal owners for the Aboriginal land under the waters.
general exemption means an exemption under this section from the requirement to hold a permit under this Part to enter and remain on Aboriginal land.
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