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Native title determination application (claimant application, Form 1): completion guide
Link to the Federal Court's current Form 1 under the Native Title (Federal Court) Regulations 2024, with a guide to the section 61 and 62 requirements, the applicant's affidavit, authorisation, the registration test and handling culturally restricted material.
- Kind
- Court document. A document filed or served in a court or tribunal.
- Where it applies
- Australia
- AI use
- Red Keep AI out of the decisive steps. A lawyer does the work.
- Law stated as at
- 17 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked against the cited sources on 17 October 2026.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Link to the official form
Where this comes from
The official form is published by fedcourt.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-17.
When to use it
Use when preparing a claimant application for a determination of native title over an area with no approved determination. Do not use for non-claimant, revised or compensation applications (Forms 2 to 4), and always download the current form from the Court.
How AI may be used
Lawyer-led. AI may help index and check the completeness of approved, non-restricted materials, only with the claim group's informed consent and in a secure tool that does not train on inputs. It must not draft the claim group description, rights and interests, factual basis or any affidavit content.
AI may
- Check a draft application against the s 62(2) list and the Form 1 headings and list missing items
- Index approved, non-restricted connection and search material by topic and date, with document references
- Build a registration-test checklist against ss 190B and 190C from the lawyer's draft
AI must not
- Must not process secret, sacred, gender-restricted or otherwise restricted cultural material
- Must not draft the description of the claim group, the rights and interests claimed or the factual basis
- Must not write any part of an applicant's affidavit, which must reflect the deponent's own knowledge and belief
- Must not be used without the claim group's informed consent recorded under the firm's ICIP and data protocol
The lawyer checks
- Authorisation under s 251B (traditional or agreed process) and any s 251BA conditions are proved and described
- Boundaries, map, excluded areas and tenure searches are complete and consistent
- Each applicant's affidavit addresses every s 62(1A) matter in their own words
- Any AI use that must be disclosed under GPN-AI is disclosed at the start of the document
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
Official form
Open the official form. Always use the current version from the issuer.
Read the full text
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- read the whole precedent, with its drafting notes beside it;
- copy it, or download it as a Word file or Markdown;
- add it to your firm’s knowledge base, so colleagues can find it;
- let the AI tools you connect read it from that knowledge base.
The summary, the law it rests on and the AI-use guidance above stay public. Privacy.
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