Jurisdiction for negotiated agreements
32G Jurisdiction for negotiated agreements
A party to a negotiated agreement may apply to the Land Court for an order—
for the enforcement of a negotiated agreement; or
deciding a matter arising under a negotiated agreement; or
making a declaration about the interpretation of a negotiated agreement.
The Land Court must hear and decide an application under subsection (1) and may make the order it considers appropriate.
Without limiting subsections (1) and (2), a reference in a negotiated agreement to the LRT must, if the context permits, be taken to be a reference to the Land Court.
In this section—negotiated agreement means an agreement obtained under the Commonwealth Native Title Act, section 31(1)(b).
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