Aboriginal Lands Act 1995

The Council or a local Aboriginal group may prepare draft management plans in respect of Aboriginal land.

Where a local Aboriginal group prepares a draft management plan, the local Aboriginal group must forward the draft management plan to the Council.

Where the Council receives a draft management plan from a local Aboriginal group, it must consider the draft management plan and – may approve the draft management plan; or may make such amendments to it as the Council considers necessary.

Where the Council prepares a draft management plan or makes amendments to a draft management plan forwarded to it by a local Aboriginal group, the Council is to give the draft management plan to the local Aboriginal group and to any local Aboriginal person who the Council considers appropriate.

The local Aboriginal group or person may, within 28 days of receiving the draft management plan, make such representations to the Council in respect of the draft management plan as it thinks fit.

After considering any representations received in respect of a draft management plan, the Council may approve the draft management plan.

The draft management plan comes into operation as a management plan on such date as is specified in it.

If the Council has approved a draft management plan in respect of an area of Aboriginal land, any other management plan, in force immediately before the approval of the draft management plan, is of no effect in so far as it relates to that area.