Bill
Aboriginal Land Grant (Jervis Bay Territory) Amendment (Strengthening Land and Governance Provisions) Bill 2022
passed, as at 2023-08-21. Indigenous Australians portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Indigenous Australians
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2022-10-26
- second reading — 2022-10-26
- second reading — 2022-11-29
- second reading — 2022-11-29
- third reading — 2022-11-29
- introduced — 2022-11-30
- second reading — 2022-11-30
- second reading — 2023-08-10
- second reading — 2023-08-10
- committee — 2023-08-10
- third reading — 2023-08-10
- other — 2023-08-10
- passed — 2023-08-10
- royal assent — 2023-08-21
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2022-10-26.
This bill would amend the Aboriginal Land Grant (Jervis Bay Territory) Act to strengthen land and governance provisions, responding to a committee recommendation.
It would require the Chief Executive Officer and the executive committee to consider criteria such as training or experience before delegating decision-making powers.
The bill would also set new rules for the form of leases granted by the Council and change how certain leases apply to the ACT's residential tenancies law.
- Adds criteria the Chief Executive Officer must consider before delegating powers.
- Adds criteria the executive committee must consider before delegating powers.
- Inserts requirements for the form of a lease granted by the Council.
- Removes the words 'before, at or' from the application provision for a new lease section.
The Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council and its members, who hold or manage land in Jervis Bay Territory.
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