Traditional Owner Settlement (Negotiation Costs) Regulations, 2015.

The objective of these Regulations, consisting of four sections and one Form, is to prescribe the method for calculating the reasonable costs of negotiating land use activities. For the purposes of section 52(2) of the Act, the prescribed method for calculating the reasonable costs of negotiating under section 50 of the Act is the method that: (a) uses Form 1; and (b) includes any one or more of the following costs incurred by the traditional owner group entity in preparing for and conducting the negotiation: (i) decision-making costs; (ii) the cost of professional services. The Regulation are made under section 91 of the Traditional Owner Settlement Act, 2010.The Act is divided as follows: Preliminary (1); Recognition And Settlement Agreements (2); Land Provisions (3); Land Use Activities (4); Funding Agreements (5); Natural Resource Agreements (6) General (7); Amendment Of The Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 (8); Amendment of the Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987 (9); Amendment Of The Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 (10); Amendment Of The Flora And Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (11); Amendment Of The Forests Act 1958 (12); Amendment Of The Land Act 1958 (13); Amendment Of The National Parks Act 1975 (14); Amendment Of The Victorian Civil And Administrative Tribunal Act 1998 (15); Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010 (19A); Amendment Of The Water Act 1989 (16); Amendment Of The Wildlife Act 1975 (17); Miscellaneous Amendment Of Other Acts (18); and Repeal Of Amending Parts (19).

Implements: Traditional Owner Settlement Act, 2010 (No. 62). (2010-09-21)