Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

FEDERAL COURT RULES 2011 - RULE 34.116

    For a reference under section   145(1) of the Native Title Act, the party having carriage of the proceeding is:

  (a)   if the question is referred by the NNTT at the request of a party--that party; and

  (b)   if the question is referred by the NNTT of its own motion--the party appointed by the NNTT to have carriage of the proceeding.