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Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Regulations 2007
1 After regulation 6A
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7 Application for delegation--prescribed information
For paragraph 28A(2)(c) of the Act, an application by an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation for the delegation of functions or powers of a Land Council must include the following:
(a) the names of the corporation's members;
(b) evidence that the corporation satisfies the requirements of subsection 28A(1) of the Act;
(c) why the corporation seeks the delegation;
(d) why the corporation selected the part of the area of the Land Council (the relevant area ) set out in the application;
(e) a description of any consultation by the corporation with the following persons in relation to the delegation:
(i) traditional Aboriginal owners of land in the relevant area;
(ii) any other Aboriginal community or group that may be affected by the delegation;
(f) a description of any conflict of interest arrangements the corporation has in place;
(g) the qualifications and experience of:
(i) the corporation's officers (within the meaning of the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 ); and
(ii) the corporation's employees (within the meaning of the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 );
that are relevant to the delegation;
(h) how the corporation proposes to make decisions in relation to the delegated functions or powers, including any proposed ongoing consultation of the persons mentioned in paragraph (e);
(i) an estimation of the resources required to perform or exercise the delegated functions or powers;
(j) the following breakdown of the resources mentioned in paragraph (i):
(i) resources the corporation has at its disposal;
(ii) resources the corporation proposes to obtain from the Land Council;
(iii) resources the corporation proposes to obtain from another source, and the name of that source.
Note: Examples of resources for paragraphs (i) and (j) are money, employees, premises and equipment.
8 Application for delegation--deemed refusal period
For subsection 28A(5) of the Act, the period is 3 months from the day the Land Council receives an application for the delegation of functions or powers.
8A Application to vary delegation--deemed refusal period
For subsection 28B(6) of the Act, the period is 3 months from the day the Land Council receives an application to vary a delegation of functions or powers.