Heritage agreements – relevance to the expedited procedureHeritage Agreement • March 5th, 2010
Contract Type FiledMarch 5th, 2010The Central West Goldfields People (NTP) objected to the expedited procedure being applied to the grant of E26/108 which overlapped their registered native title claim area. The proposed tenement also overlapped the areas claimed by two registered and two unregistered native title parties. The grantee had entered into a Regional Standard Heritage Agreement (RSHA), which had been agreed between the government party, the Goldfields Land and Sea Council and peak bodies to provide appropriate protection of Aboriginal heritage. The RSHA related to only one registered native title party. The NTP had provided the grantee party with an alternative heritage agreement, which the grantee party initially did not agree to execute. The grantee party stated it was, however, willing to enter an RSHA with the NTP—at [5] to [10].