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Section 29 future act notice: diary and response guide for native title parties and grantee parties (Native Title Act 1993 ss 29 to 35)
Working guide for a right to negotiate notice: who must be notified, the notification day, the 3-month, 4-month and 6-month dates, how a party becomes a native title party, the expedited procedure objection window, good faith negotiation steps and the earliest arbitral application.
- Kind
- Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- 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 6 authorities it cites, for Australia and Commonwealth.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Written for this library
When to use it
Use when a Government party gives notice under s 29 of a proposed future act (for example a mining lease or exploration permit) and you act for a native title party, a representative body or the grantee party. Start it the day the notice is received. For an objection to the expedited procedure statement, use the separate lodgement guide in this library.
Used for these tasks
- Build a project-notice or right-to-negotiate procedure table
- Prepare a s 31 agreement negotiation brief for a native title party
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 calculate the statutory dates from the notification day and keep the negotiation log in order; the lawyer confirms the dates against the notice, decides on objection and negotiation strategy, and works with the native title party under its own decision-making processes.
AI may
- Calculate the 3-month, 4-month and 6-month dates from the notification day stated in the notice, and flag any date already passed
- Build the negotiation log from correspondence the lawyer provides: date, parties present, offers and responses
- Check the tenement or act details in the notice against the area map and list overlapping claims or determinations the lawyer has identified
AI must not
- Must not infer or record anything about the native title party’s connection, rights, sites or internal views; those come only from the party, through its own processes
- Must not decide whether to object to the expedited procedure, or advise on whether a party has negotiated in good faith
- Must not put cultural, genealogical or restricted information into any tool without the native title party’s informed consent and an approved environment
The lawyer checks
- The notification day and every date in the diary are taken from the notice itself and recalculated by hand
- The client’s status as a native title party under s 29(2) or s 30 is confirmed from the registers, including any claim that must be filed within 3 months
- Instructions on objection, negotiation and any agreement come through the native title party’s authorised decision-making process (including the PBC regulations for a registered native title body corporate)
- The good faith record is complete enough to support or resist an argument under s 36(2) before any s 35 application
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
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