Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsThe Minister must not vary a Part III authority under section 41CK unless, at the time when the instrument of variation is made, the following conditions are satisfied in relation to each area of land to which the authority as varied will relate:
(a) an agreement between the Commonwealth and the Land Council for the area of land, of the kind referred to in subsection 44(2) of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (as that Act applies in relation to the Ranger Project Area), is in force;
(b) that agreement relates to:
(i) the area of land; and
(ii) the whole of the remaining period for which the authority as varied is to be in force in relation to the area of land (as that period is to be specified in the authority immediately after the variation takes effect).
Note: The version of subsection 44(2) of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 that applies in relation to the Ranger Project Area is the version in force immediately before the commencement of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment Act (No. 3) 1987 : see section 8 of that amendment Act.