Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIVE TITLE ACT 1993 - SECT 24BB

    The agreement must be about one or more of the following matters in relation to an area:

  (a)   the doing, or the doing subject to conditions (which may be about procedural matters), of particular future acts, or future acts included in classes;

  (aa)   particular future acts (other than intermediate period acts), or future acts (other than intermediate period acts) included in classes, that have already been done;

Note:   Intermediate period acts are or can be validated only under Division   2A.

  (ab)   changing the effects, that are provided for by section   22B or by a law of a State or Territory that contains provisions to the same effect, of an intermediate period act or of intermediate period acts included in classes;

  (b)   withdrawing, amending, varying or doing any other thing in relation to an application under Division   1 of Part   3 in relation to land or waters in the area;

  (c)   the relationship between native title rights and interests and other rights and interests in relation to the area;

  (d)   the manner of exercise of any native title rights and interests or other rights and interests in relation to the area;

  (e)   extinguishing native title rights and interests in relation to land or waters in the area by the surrender of those rights and interests to the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory;

  (eaa)   providing a framework for the making of other agreements about matters relating to native title rights and interests;

  (ea)   compensation for any past act, intermediate period act or future act;

  (f)   any other matter concerning native title rights and interests in relation to the area.

Note 1:   If the agreement involves consent to the doing of a future act or class of future act, or the doing of a future act or class of future act subject to conditions, it must include a statement to that effect: see paragraph   24EB(1)(b).

Note 2:   If a future act covered by such a statement would otherwise be subject to the "right to negotiate" provisions in Subdivision P, the agreement must also include a statement that those provisions are not intended to apply: see paragraph   24EB(1)(c).

Note 3:   If the agreement involves the extinguishment of native title by surrender, it must include a statement to that effect: see paragraph   24EB(1)(d).