Native Title Update: Federal Court Ruling on Notification of Claims, 19 March 1997
AbstractThe Federal Court has decided that the Native Title Registrar is obliged to notify the holders of mining leases and other mining tenements of the acceptance of native title claims. The decision, WMC Resources Ltd and Central Norseman Gold Corporation Ltd v. Lane (Native Title Registrar) held that the Registrar is required to give written notice to people whose interests may be affected by accepted claims and that failure to do so affects the validity of subsequent procedures under the Native Title Act. |