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INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2011

                        2010-2011




THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA




             HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES




INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2011




    SUPPLEMENTARY EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM




  Amendments to be moved on behalf of the Government




              (Circulated by the authority of the
  Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and
      Indigenous Affairs, the Hon Jenny Macklin MP)
     INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2011

                           Government amendments


OUTLINE

These amendments are to withdraw from the Bill the measure relating to the
Indigenous Land Corporation (Schedule 2).

The measure as introduced would have made amendments to the Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005 to include a power for the Minister to make
guidelines that the Indigenous Land Corporation must have regard to in
deciding whether to perform its functions in support of a native title settlement
and, if it decides to perform its functions in support of a native title settlement,
in performing its functions in support of that settlement.

The measure is being withdrawn from the Bill pending further consultation on
the proposed guidelines. With the withdrawal of the measure, consultations
can continue without delaying the remaining measures in the Bill (scheduling
further Aboriginal land and amendments in connection with the election of
members to the Torres Strait Regional Authority), which can progress with a
view to passage as soon as possible.

Financial impact statement

There is no financial impact from these amendments.
     INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2011

                        Government amendments


NOTES ON AMENDMENTS

Amendment 1 amends the long title of the Bill to remove the reference to the
Indigenous Land Corporation measure as a purpose of the Bill.

Amendment 2 removes the reference to the Indigenous Land Corporation
measure from the commencement clause in the Bill.

Amendment 3 omits Schedule 2, which contains the Indigenous Land
Corporation measure.