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title: "Section 29 future act notice: diary and response guide for native title parties and grantee parties (Native Title Act 1993 ss 29 to 35)"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/native-title-and-first-nations-legal-work/section-29-notice-diary-and-response-guide"
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id: "a36-section-29-notice-diary-and-response-guide"
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kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
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task_ids: ["A36-T1-R6", "A36-A20260923-4", "A36-B5-1"]
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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,…

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Law stated as at: 2026-10-18

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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.

## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Native Title & First Nations Legal Work](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/native-title-and-first-nations-legal-work.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia, Commonwealth
- AI level: Yellow. AI can help in set ways. A lawyer checks specific points before use.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-18
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-18 against the 6 authorities it cites, for Australia and Commonwealth.

## 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](https://ailawframework.com/practice/native-title-and-first-nations-legal-work/build-a-project-notice-or-right-to-negotiate-procedure-table.md)
- [Build a project-notice diary from the statutory notices](https://ailawframework.com/practice/native-title-and-first-nations-legal-work.md#A36-A20260923-4)
- [Prepare a s 31 agreement negotiation brief for a native title party](https://ailawframework.com/practice/native-title-and-first-nations-legal-work/prepare-a-s-31-agreement-negotiation-brief-for-a-native-title-party.md)

## 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

## Authorities

- [Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 29 (notification of parties affected; notification day; 3-month statement; expedited procedure statement; project acts)](https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A04665/latest/text)
- [Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 30 (other native title parties: claimants registered 4 months after the notification day on claims filed within 3 months; registered native title bodies corporate)](https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A04665/latest/text)
- [Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) ss 30A and 31 (negotiation parties; normal negotiation procedure; negotiation in good faith; majority of a registered native title claimant may sign; arbitral body mediation on request)](https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A04665/latest/text)
- [Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 32 (expedited procedure: objection within 4 months after the notification day)](https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A04665/latest/text)
- [Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 41A(1) (copies of agreements to the arbitral body; advice to the relevant Minister)](https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A04665/latest/text)
- [Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) ss 35 and 36(2) (application for arbitral body determination after 6 months; no determination where a party other than a native title party did not negotiate in good faith)](https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A04665/latest/text)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/native-title-and-first-nations-legal-work/section-29-notice-diary-and-response-guide and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*