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Section 10 Solicitor’s Report on Title – Australia rights,!including!rights!to!negotiation,!consultation!and!compensation.!Claims!which!fail!the! Registration!Test!are,!nevertheless!heard!by!the!Federal!Court.!! 8.3!
Native!Title!and!the!Tenements! To!ascertain!whether!native!title!may!be!successfully!claimed!in!relation!to!the!land!underlying!any!of! the!Tenements,!it!is!first!necessary!to!determine!whether!there!is!current!or!former!land!tenure!(e.g.! freehold)!or!use!made!of!the!land!which!has!already!extinguished!native!title.!Native!title!is! extinguished!in!respect!of!land!the!subject!of!freehold,!public!works!and!other!previous!"exclusive! possession"!acts.! We!have!not!undertaken!searches!in!respect!of!the!underlying!land!tenure!of!the!Tenements!in!order! to!determine!the!extent!of!the!extinguishment!of!native!title!for!the!purposes!of!this!Report.!It!follows! that!we!are!unable!to!determine!whether!or!not!native!title!has!been!extinguished!in!relation!to!any! part!of!the!land!underlying!the!Tenements.!! Further,!we!have!not!undertaken!the!considerable!historical,!anthoropological!or!ethnographic!work! that!would!be!required!to!determine!whether!any!native!title!finding!over!the!land!the!subject!of!the! Tenements!could!be!challenged!or!if!any!further!native!title!claims!in!respect!of!such!land!could!be! made!in!the!future.!! Unless!it!is!clear!that!native!title!does!not!exist,!the!usual!practice!of!the!State!Government!is!to! comply!with!the!Future!Act!Provisions!when!granting!a!tenement.!This!provides!the!State!and!the! applicant!with!a!degree!of!certainty!that!the!grant!will!be!valid!in!the!event!that!it!is!determined!that! native!title!rights!do!exist!over!the!land!the!subject!of!the!tenement!and!the!Future!Acts!Provisions! apply.!! Where!a!tenement!has!been!retrospectively!validated!or!validity!granted!under!the!Native!Title!Act,!the! rights!conferred!by!the!tenement!prevail!over!any!inconsistent!native!title!rights.!!
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Future!Act!Provisions! Certain!Future!Acts!done!by!the!Commonwealth!or!a!State!government!after!23!December!1996,!such! as!the!grant!of!a!mining!tenement!or!exploration!licence,!may!be!valid!to!the!extent!that!certain! procedures!set!out!in!the!Native!Title!Act!are!followed.!These!include!(but!are!not!limited!to):! !! (a)! following!the!right!to!negotiate!process!or!an!expedited!procedure]!and!! (b)!
performing!the!Future!Act!pursuant!to!an!ILUA.!
Right%to%negotiate% The!right!to!negotiate!process!gives!the!registered!native!title!claimants!(or!claimants!who!lodge!a! native!title!claim!within!three!months!of!the!State!giving!notices!of!the!proposed!grant!of!a!mining! tenement,!which!is!subsequently!registered!with!the!NNTT!within!four!months!of!receiving!such!notice)! a!right!to!negotiate!with!a!tenement!applicant!and!the!relevant!State!government,!with!the!view!to! obtaining!an!agreement!to!the!grant!of!the!relevant!tenement.!The!parties!to!a!negotiation!may!agree! on!conditions!that!apply!to!activities!that!are!to!be!carried!out!on!the!Tenements!and!any! compensation!arrangements.!If!an!agreement!cannot!be!reached!(usually!within!six!months!of!the! commencement!of!negotiations),!the!matter!may!be!referred!to!the!NNTT!for!arbitration.! !
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