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ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS ACT 1983 - SECT 48
Access permits may be issued by the Court
48 Access permits may be issued by the Court
(1) Where a Local Aboriginal Land Council-- (a) desires to obtain rights of
access for any specified Aboriginal persons or group of Aboriginal persons for
the purpose of hunting or fishing for, or the gathering of, traditional foods
for domestic purposes, being access to land traditionally used for those
purposes or to land giving access to any land so used, and
(b) has been
unable to negotiate an agreement to obtain those rights,
the Council may apply
to the Court for a permit conferring those rights.
(2) An application under
subsection (1) shall be-- (a) made as prescribed, and
(b) lodged with the
Registrar.
(3) The Registrar shall refer an application lodged with the
Registrar under subsection (2) to the Court together with a statement as to
who appears to the Registrar to be the owner, occupier or person in control of
the land to which the application relates.
(4) The Court shall-- (a) give
notice of any application referred to it under subsection (3) to any person
who, in its opinion, is likely to be directly affected by the issue of the
permit applied for, or to the public generally if it considers it appropriate,
and
(b) by that notice, provide that objections against the application may
be lodged within the time specified in that notice.
(5) The Court shall
consider-- (a) any application referred to it under subsection (3), and
(b)
any objections lodged against the application,
and, subject to subsection (6),
shall either-- (c) issue a permit conferring such rights of access as it
specifies in the permit on Aboriginal persons or any group of
Aboriginal persons so specified, or
(d) refuse to issue the permit.
(6) The
Court shall issue a permit under subsection (5) in pursuance of an application
under subsection (1) only if it is satisfied that the rights applied for are
rights of a kind referred to in subsection (1).
(7) A permit issued under
subsection (5)(c)-- (a) shall be subject to the provisions of any other Act
and any rule, by-law, regulation, ordinance or like instrument, and
(b) may
be subject to such terms and conditions as the Court thinks fit and are
specified in the permit.
(8) Any person who fails to allow access to any
person in accordance with a permit issued under this section shall be guilty
of an offence against this Act. : Maximum penalty--10 penalty units.
(9) The
Court may, on the application of any person and on reasonable cause being
shown, revoke a permit issued under this section.
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