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2002-2003-2004
THE
PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF
AUSTRALIA
HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
EXTENSION
OF SUNSET OF PARLIAMENTARY JOINT COMMITTEE ON NATIVE TITLE BILL
2004
EXPLANATORY
MEMORANDUM
(Circulated
by authority of the Attorney-General, the Honourable Philip Ruddock
MP)
Extension of Sunset of Parliamentary Joint Committee on Native Title Bill 2004
A Bill for an Act to extend for two years the operation of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Native Title and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Fund
The Bill extends the operation of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Native Title and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Fund (the PJC) to 23 March 2006.
Nil
The Office of Regulation Review has advised that the Bill does not require a regulation impact statement
1. Clause 1 is a formal provision specifying the short title of the Bill.
2. Clause 2 provides that the Bill commences on the day it receives Royal Assent.
3. Clause 3 provides that the Act specified in the Schedule is amended as set out in the Schedule.
Item 1 of Schedule 1 amends section 207 of the Native Title Act 1993 by omitting “2004” and substituting “2006”.
Section 207 of the Native Title Act currently provides that Part 12 of the Act ceases to be in force on 23 March 2004. The PJC is established by Part 12 of the Act. The amendment extends the operation of the PJC until 23 March 2006.