Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment Act 1994

No. 66 of 1994

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

[Assented to 30 May 1994]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

Short title etc.

1.(1) This Act may be cited as the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment Act 1994.

(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.
3 Schedule 1

3. Schedule 1 to the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end of Part 4 the following:

“Wave Hill Locality

All that parcel of land in the Wave Hill Locality of the Northern Territory of Australia containing an area of 1238 km2 more or less bounded by lines commencing at a point 32134 metres due south of the northeast corner of Northern Territory Portion 2654 (Cattle Creek) thence by lines due east for a distance of 3131.5 metres; due south for a distance of 24534 metres; due west to the intersection of the eastern boundary of Northern Territory Portion 2654; thence due north and due east by the eastern and southern boundaries of Northern Territory Portion 2654 to the point of commencement.”.
1 NOTE

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

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 2 February 1994

Senate on 4 May 1994]