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Registered Native Title Body Corporate

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As of 2015, there were 144 RNTBCs registered with ORIC, compared with 9 in 2000. There are many more native title claims than RNTBCs, as the same RNTBC may undertake any number of claims. There directors of the corporations were about 56.1 percent male and 43.9 percent female, and 29 RNTBCs appeared
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and complies with the provisions of the NTA. Importantly, it must have, among its purposes, the purpose of becoming an RNTBC. Where native title groups have received financial settlements, RNTBCs may become part of a corporate structure which can include charitable trusts, companies, and other
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PBC directors and officers are protected from a range of criminal and civil penalties for breach of duties as long as they have acted in good faith in complying with obligations under native title legislation (excluding the duty to not trade while
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In some instances, native title claim groups will create a new organisation whose sole purpose is to act as an RNTBC. Alternatively, they may nominate an existing corporation to become the RNTBC as long as it is already incorporated under the
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group's native title rights and interests, after these have been recognised by the Federal Court and the body is registered. Before the court determination and registration of the body, it is known as a Prescribed Body Corporate.
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PBCs have obligations under the NTA such as the requirement to consult with and obtain consent from native title holders in relation to any decisions which surrender or affect native title rights and interests.
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ORIC must not change the PBC’s constitution on the basis of an act done in good faith and with the belief that the corporation or its officers are complying with native title legislation.
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corporations, each of which may perform different or similar functions to achieve the objectives of the native title group and some of which may be incorporated under the Commonwealth
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PBCs are not required to value their native title rights and interests as part of their assets, for the purpose of determining their size classification under CATSI.
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Once both the native title determination has been made and the court has determined that the nominated corporation is to be the PBC, it is registered by the
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If an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation becomes or ceases to be a PBC (RNTBC), it must notify ORIC within 28 days.
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RNTBCs and PBCs are special types of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations because they are created especially for
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The kind of bodies that can be determined as PBCs (and therefore registered as RNTBCs) and their functions are set out in the
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Some Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations are not RNTBCs (often referred to as "native title corporations" or "
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PBCs must have the words "registered native title body corporate" or "RNTBC" in their name, and must be registered with the
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ORIC is not able to de-register a PBC as long as it remains a PBC and manages or holds native title interests.
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corporations can choose to register under other state or territory associations law, or under the
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determination, and the corporate body registered. The corporation nominated hold and manage (as
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Registered Native Title Bodies Corporate (RNTBC) / Prescribed Bodies Corporate (PBC) Summary (
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rights and interests, once that group's native title application has been recognised in a
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Chapter 5 of 2007 Native Title Report regarding Native Title Prescribed Bodies Corporate.
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PBCs must ensure that their constitution is consistent with native title legislation.
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Australian Attorney-General's Department's webpage on Prescribed Bodies Corporate
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and RNTBCs. A "representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body", or
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Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
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Statutory differences between PBCs and other corporations, under the
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Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006
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in the top 500 corporations in the 2014–15 financial year.
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Native Title (Prescribed Bodies Corporate) Regulations 1999
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Native Title (Prescribed Bodies Corporate) Regulations 1999
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Native title in Australia § Alternative agreements
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A Registered Native Title Body Corporate represents an
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RATSIB map (Map of NTRBs and NTSPs around Australia)
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native title holders to hold or manage native title.
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Aboriginal corporation
Aboriginal
Torres Strait Islander
native title in Australia
native title
Federal Court of Australia
trustee
Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations
Native Title Act 1993
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Corporations Act 2001
Indigenous Australian
National Native Title Tribunal
Native Title Act 1993
Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Corporations Act 2001
Native title in Australia § Alternative agreements
traditional owner corporations
Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010
South-West Native Title Settlement
Noongar
Western Australia
Indigenous land use agreements
native title representative bodies
native title service providers
National Indigenous Australians Agency
land councils
RATSIB
common law

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