---
title: "Tenure document index for an extinguishment or compensation question"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/native-title-and-first-nations-legal-work/tenure-document-index"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a36-tenure-document-index"
area_id: "A36"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "red"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A36-T1-R10"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Tenure document index for an extinguishment or compensation question

> Index of title, lease and Crown grant documents for a lawyer who is considering extinguishment or compensation. It does not state whether native title has been extinguished.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/native-title-and-first-nations-legal-work/tenure-document-index  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## 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: Red. You write the text. The tool writes nothing into the document. Where permitted, it may check, clarify or collect data, and anything it checks or collects is verified.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the authority it cites, for Australia and Commonwealth.

## When to use it

Use when building the document set for an extinguishment or compensation question. The lawyer writes any conclusion. Sections on compensation and on past acts were not opened for this index.

## Used for these tasks

- [Build an extinguishment and tenure chronology for a compensation claim](https://ailawframework.com/practice/native-title-and-first-nations-legal-work.md#A36-T1-R10)

## How AI may be used

AI may list documents, dates and the interest each document records. The lawyer writes any conclusion about extinguishment or compensation.

**AI may:**

- Enter the dealing number, date, parties and interest type from a title search the lawyer supplies
- Sort the documents by date
- Flag a gap in the chain of documents between two dates the lawyer names

**AI must not:**

- Must not state that native title has been extinguished, partially extinguished, or revived
- Must not classify a grant as a previous exclusive possession act or any other statutory category
- Must not draft the compensation application or a valuation

**The lawyer checks:**

- Every document in the index has been seen, not just listed from a search summary
- No row states a legal conclusion about extinguishment
- Section 190B(9) is used only as the registration condition it is. It is not treated as the test for a compensation claim
- The compensation provisions of the Act, and sections 47, 47A, 47B and 47C, are read before any advice. They were not opened for this index

## Authorities

- [Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 190B(8) and (9) (registration conditions about s 61A, Crown ownership of minerals, petroleum or gas, offshore exclusions, and other extinguishment, subject to named disregard provisions)](https://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/nta1993147/s190b.html)

## 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/tenure-document-index 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.*