Native title fee opinions

The Native Title Act 1993 gives registered native title bodies corporate (RNTBCs) the ability to charge fees for certain native title functions. 

The Native Title Act also grants the Registrar of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations (the Registrar) the power to issue an opinion about whether a fee is one that the body corporate may charge.

The Native Title (Prescribed Bodies Corporate) Regulations 1999 specify the procedure for applying to the Registrar, the giving of an opinion by the Registrar and related matters.

For more information on this function of the Registrar please see 'Policy statement 23: Review of fees charged by RNTBCs for certain native title functions’. The policy provides that unless exceptional circumstances apply, opinions issued will be published on the ORIC website.

 

 

Opinions by the Registrar on fees charged for native title functions

Date issued Opinion issued in response to: Information published in the disclosure log
a request for reconsideration received 20 July 2022

One document (5 pages)

Opinion_NTfee_2022-09-23_Delegate_ForFeeReceived2022-07-20.pdf
an application received 8 August 2022

One document (3 pages)

Opinion_NTfee_2022-09-30_Delegate_ForFeeReceived2022-08-08.pdf
a request for reconsideration received 19 July 2022

One document (5 pages)

Opinion_NTfee_2022-09-30_Delegate_ForReconsiderationReceived2022-07-19.pdf
a request for reconsideration received 28 October 2022

One document (5 pages)

Opinion_NTfee_2023-01-06_Registrar_ForReconsiderationReceived2022-10-28.pdf

Date issued = The date that the Registrar or their delegate issued the opinion under section 60AC(2) of the Native Title Act.

All opinions referred to in this table are issued under section 60AC(2) of the Native Title Act 1993