Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Where, at any time after the Schedule Land has become Aboriginal Land, the Minister becomes satisfied that:
(a) vacant Crown land in the Territory that adjoins Aboriginal Land is of significance to the Aboriginals who are members of the Community; and
(b) it would be appropriate to grant the first - mentioned land to the Council;
the Minister may, by instrument in writing specifying the first - mentioned land, declare that the first - mentioned land is Aboriginal Land.
(2) The Minister shall, as soon as practicable after making an instrument under subsection (1):
(a) cause a copy of the instrument to be published in the Gazette ; and
(b) cause a copy of the instrument to be laid before each House of the Parliament.
(3) Either House of the Parliament, within 15 sitting days of that House after a copy of an instrument has been laid before that House under subsection (2), may, in pursuance of a motion upon notice, pass a resolution disallowing the instrument.
(4) Where:
(a) a notice referred to in subsection (3) is given with respect to an instrument; and
(b) at the expiration of the period during which a resolution disallowing the instrument could have been passed:
(i) the notice has not been withdrawn and the relevant motion has not been called on; or
(ii) the relevant motion has been called on, moved and seconded and has not been withdrawn or otherwise disposed of;
the instrument shall be deemed to have been disallowed.
(5) If:
(a) neither House of the Parliament passes a resolution in accordance with subsection (3) disallowing an instrument made under subsection (1); and
(b) the instrument has not been deemed to have been disallowed under subsection (4);
the instrument takes effect, and the land specified in the instrument becomes Aboriginal Land, on the day immediately following the last day upon which a resolution disallowing the instrument could have been passed.
(6) If, before the expiration of 15 sitting days of a House of the Parliament after a copy of an instrument made under subsection (1) has been laid before that House:
(a) the House of Representatives is dissolved or expires, or the Parliament is prorogued; and
(b) a resolution for the disallowance of the instrument has not been passed by the first - mentioned House;
the copy of the instrument shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to have been laid before that first - mentioned House on the first sitting day of that first - mentioned House after the dissolution, expiry or prorogation, as the case may be.
(7) Where an instrument made under subsection (1) takes effect, the Minister shall cause a notice to that effect to be published in the Gazette.
(8) Any failure to comply with the requirements of subsection (7) does not affect the operation of subsection (5).