Dauan Island Torres Strait Social Housing ILUA

The Extract from the Register of Indigenous Land Use Agreements describes the area subject to this ILUA, per schedule two of the agreement, as lot 701, lot 50, and lot 704.

Registered with the National Native Title Tribunal ('NNTT') on the Register of Indigenous Land Use Agreements on 14 September 2017. This is an authorised body corporate Agreement under the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth).

The Dauan Island Torres Strait Social Housing Indigenous Land Use Agreement ('ILUA') was agreed, under the provisions of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), between the State of Queensland acting through the Department of Aboriginal Land and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships, the Dauanalgaw (Torres Strait Islanders) Corporation Registered Native Title Body Corporate ('RNTBC'), and the Torres Strait Island Regional Council.

The agreement area covers about 3,043 sq km, comprising three land parcels on Dauan Island.

The purpose of the agreement is to give consent to the use of the lots for social housing.

The Native Title Representative Body for this area is Dauanalgaw (Torres Strait Islanders) Corporation RNTBC.

Agreement area: The agreement area covers about 3043 sq km, comprising three land parcels on Dauan Island. The three parcels are lot 701 (1,036 m sq), lot 50 (482m sq), and lot 704 (1525 m sq). See Schedule Two for coordinates.

Commencement: The agreement operates from the date of execution by the parties, except for clauses 5 and 6 which operate from the date the ILUA was registered with the National Native Title Tribunal (NNTT) on the 14 September 2017.

Native Title Provisions:

Right to negotiate

Right to negotiate provisions contained in Subdivision P of the Native Title Act 1973 (Cth) do not apply to the agreed acts.

Future act provisions

The parties consent to the validation of acts that were done in conflict with native title rights and interests, for the purpose of the project, prior to or on the date that the last parties sign the ILUA.

The parties also consent to the following acts being carried out in the future:

• the grant or amendment of social housing lease by the trustee, under the Land Title Act 1994 (Qld);
• the registration or amendment of social housing leases under the Land Title Act 1994 (Qld);
  
• activities permitted or contemplated by social housing leases and subleases, including survey activities, geotechnical investigations, the clearing of any land and creation of any interests;
• the state surrendering any parts of social housing leases to facilitate the grant by the trustee of any subsequent interests that may arise in the agreement area; and
  
• the doing of any 'social housing infrastructure works' - that is, anything that supports the social housing works and which is specified in a project note

Native Title in the Agreement Area:

This agreement is located within the native title determination area of the Federal Court of Australia(FCA) proceeding Dauan People v State of Queensland [2000] FCA 1064. (FCA file No.: DG6248/98, NNTT file No.: QCD2000/002).

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