Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment Act 1995

No. 37 of 1995

An Act to amend the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976

[Assented to 12 April 1995]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

Short title etc.

1.(1) This Act may be cited as the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment Act 1995.

(2) In this Act, "Principal Act" means the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 19761.

Commencement

2. This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Schedule 1

3. Schedule 1 to the Principal Act is amended by inserting after the description of the land under the heading EVA VALLEY in Part 4:

"HODGSON DOWNS

Pastoral lease number 613—known as Hodgson Downs containing an area of approximately 3,232 square kilometres and being more particularly described as Northern Territory portion 671 in the Northern Territory Crown Lands Lease Register Book—Volume 044 Folio 048 excluding the Hodgson River road and the Miniyeri Community access road and the land on either side of each of those roads to a distance of 50 metres from the centre lines of the roads concerned.".

NOTE

1. No. 191, 1976, as amended. For previous amendments, see Nos. 21, 70 and 83, 1978; No. 189, 1979 (as amended by No. 16, 1982); No. 72, 1980; No. 92, 1981; No. 16, 1982 (as amended by No. 80, 1982), No. 80, 1982; No. 63, 1984 (as amended by No. 165, 1984); No. 72, 1984; Nos. 65, 93 and 166, 1985; No. 18, 1987 (as amended by No. 38, 1988); No. 40, 1987 (as amended by No. 2, 1990); No. 75, 1987 (as amended by No. 2, 1990); No. 141, 1987; Nos. 21 and 150, 1989; No. 2, 1990; No. 199, 1991; SR133 and 369, 1992; No. 6, 1993; and No. 66, 1994.

[Minister's second reading speech made in—

Senate on 7 December 1994

House of Representatives on 30 March 1995]