ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS (NORTHERN TERRITORY) ACT 1976

INSTRUMENT TO VARY THE BOUNDARIES OF THE NORTHERN LAND COUNCIL AND THE TIWI LAND COUNCIL
 

I, Nigel Scullion, Minister for Indigenous Affairs, under subsection 21E(3) of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 and in accordance with the joint written request of the Northern Land Council and the Tiwi Land Council dated 29 June 2017, vary the boundaries of the areas of the Councils so that the area specified in the Schedule to this Gazette ceases to be part of the area of the Northern Land Council and becomes part of the area of the Tiwi Land Council.

This instrument takes effect on the day of its publication.

SCHEDULE

All those parcels of land in the Northern Territory being:

(a)   Northern Territory Portion 2007 delineated on Survey Plan S.2015/208 lodged with the Surveyor‑General, Darwin and containing the area of approximately 916.2 hectares; and

(b)   Northern Territory Portion 2008 delineated on Survey Plan S.2015/208 lodged with the Surveyor‑General, Darwin and containing the area of approximately 3569 hectares; and

(c)   Northern Territory Portion 2009 delineated on Survey Plan S.2015/208 lodged with the Surveyor‑General, Darwin and containing the area of approximately 1800 hectares; and

(d)   Northern Territory Portion 2010 delineated on Survey Plan S.2015/208 lodged with the Surveyor‑General, Darwin and containing the area of approximately 1986 hectares.

NIGEL SCULLION

Minister for Indigenous Affairs  

Dated 18.8.17