Native Title Prescribed Body Corporate
Encyclopedia
A Native Title Prescribed Bodies Corporate (PBC) is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation especially formed in accordance with Australian native title law
to hold the native title
of groups of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
whom the Federal Court
determines as possessing indigenous property rights and interests.
Native Title Act 1993
The Native Title Act of 1993 provides for determinations of native title in Australia. The Act was passed by the Keating Labor Government in response to the High Court's decision in Mabo v Queensland...
to hold the native title
Native title
Native title is the Australian version of the common law doctrine of aboriginal title.Native title is "the recognition by Australian law that some Indigenous people have rights and interests to their land that come from their traditional laws and customs"...
of groups of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands. The Aboriginal Indigenous Australians migrated from the Indian continent around 75,000 to 100,000 years ago....
whom the Federal Court
Federal Court of Australia
The Federal Court of Australia is an Australian superior court of record which has jurisdiction to deal with most civil disputes governed by federal law , along with some summary criminal matters. Cases are heard at first instance by single Judges...
determines as possessing indigenous property rights and interests.
External links
- National Native Title Tribunal (2006) What is a Prescribed Body Corporate Accessed 9 December 2008
- Australian Attorney-General's Department's webpage on Prescribed Bodies Corporate Accessed 9 December 2008
- Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission's webpage, Chapter 5 of 2007 Native Title Report regarding Native Title Prescribed Bodies Corporate. Accessed 9 December 2008