Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority Act 1972

The Governor may, by proclamation —

declare any Crown lands to be reserved for persons of Aboriginal descent;

alter the boundaries of any reserved lands;

declare that any land shall cease to be reserved for persons of Aboriginal descent.

(a) The power conferred by subsection (1) shall not be exercised except as recommended by the Minister and the Minister before presenting a recommendation to the Governor on the exercise of the power shall refer the question to the Authority and shall cause the report of the Authority together with his proposed recommendation to the Governor to be laid before each House of Parliament.

Either House of Parliament may pass a resolution rejecting the proposed recommendation, of which resolution notice has been given within 14 sitting days of such House after the proposed recommendation has been laid before it, whether or not the 14 days or some of them occur in the same session of Parliament or during the same Parliament as that in which the proposed recommendation is laid before the House.

The Minister shall not present to the Governor a recommendation which —

is required to be laid before each House of Parliament and has not been so laid; or

is before either House of Parliament and is subject to rejection; or

has been rejected.