Form · Native Title & First Nations Legal Work
Claim group authorisation meeting: notice, agenda and record of decisions (Native Title Act 1993 ss 251B, 251BA, 62C and 66B)
Templates for a native title claim group meeting that authorises, replaces or sets conditions on the applicant: the public and direct notice, the agenda, and a record of the decision-making process used and each resolution, built around the s 251B and s 251BA tests.
- Kind
- Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
- Where it applies
- Australia, Commonwealth
- AI use
- Yellow AI can help in set ways. A lawyer checks specific points before use.
- Law stated as at
- 18 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked on 18 October 2026 against the 5 authorities it cites, for Australia and Commonwealth.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Written for this library
When to use it
Use when a representative body or lawyer is organising a meeting of a native title claim group to authorise a claimant or compensation application, replace the applicant under s 66B, or impose, vary or revoke conditions on the applicant’s authority. Settle the process with the group’s Elders and authorised people first.
Used for these tasks
Each task page says how far AI may help with the task and what the lawyer must review.
How AI may be used
AI may format the notice and agenda from details the lawyer provides and transcribe the resolutions as recorded at the meeting; the group decides its own process, and the lawyer checks the record against what actually happened before it is relied on.
AI may
- Format the notice and agenda from the date, venue, claim details and resolutions the lawyer provides
- Produce a clean copy of the record of decisions from the meeting notes and attendance register, without adding anything
- Build the distribution list and publication log for the notice from the representative body’s records
AI must not
- Must not describe, characterise or infer the group’s traditional decision-making process, or who holds authority in it
- Must not draft or outline affidavits about authorisation; sworn evidence is written by the lawyer with each deponent
- Must not process attendance lists, genealogies or recordings of the meeting outside an approved environment with the group’s consent
The lawyer checks
- Whether a traditional decision-making process must be followed is established from the group itself (and expert advice where appropriate), and the record says which limb of s 251B was used
- Notice reached the whole claim group as described in the application, with enough time and information for members to attend and take part
- Each resolution is recorded in the words actually put and passed, with how it was passed
- Any conditions on authority are recorded precisely, and leave to amend the application is sought where s 251BA(3) requires it
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
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