Ugar Community Hall Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA)

The Extract from the Register of Indigenous Land Use Agreements describes the area subject to this ILUA, per Schedule 2 of the Agreement, as Lot 57 on SP282706. 

Registered with the National Native Title Tribunal (NNTT) on the Register of Indigenous Land Use Agreements on 21 December 2017. This is an authorised Body Corporate Agreement under the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth).

The Ugar Community Hall Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) was agreed, under the provisions of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), between the Torres Strait Island Regional Council and Ugar Ged Kem Le Zeuber Er Kep Le (Torres Strait Islanders) Registered Native Title Body Corportate (RNTBC).

The agreement area covers about 800 sq m on Ugar (Stephen Island).

The purpose of the agreement is to consent to the doing of all the activities necessary for renovating the existing Ugar Community Hall.

The Native Title Representative Body for this area is the Torres Strait Regional Authority.

Commencement:

This agreement commenced on the execution date (unspecified in the Extract), with the exceptions of Clause 5 and 6 (regarding the agreed future acts) which commenced on its registration date, 21 December 2017.

Termination:

This agreement may be terminated by the written agreement of the parties.  

Native Title Provisions:

Right to negotiate

The parties agree that the right to negotiate provisions of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) do not apply to the agreed future acts. 

Future act provisions

On the condition that the Torres Strait Regional Council, as trustee, has given a Project Notice to the Ugar Ged Kem Le Zeuber Er Kep Le RNTBC, this agreement provides consent for the doing of any activity required to complete the Ugar Community Hall extension, including: 

• any survey activities, geotechnical investigations and/or land clearing;
• the grant of any permits or authorities including the approval of a Development Application for the carrying out of building, plumbing and operational work for the community hall extension;
• the upgrade, renovation and restoration of the Ugar Community Hall;
• the construction of an extension to the community hall;
• the ongoing operation, use, maintenance and/or repair of the community hall;
• any other similar activity specified in a Project Notice. 

Native Title in the Agreement Area:

The agreement is located within the area of native title recognised by the Federal Court of Australia (FCA) in the consent determination Stephen on behalf of the Ugar People v State of Queensland (Ugar (Stephens Islanders) #1) (FCA File No.: QUD6076/1998;  NNTT File No.: QCD2004/006).

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