Saibai Mura Buway (Torres Strait Islanders) Corporation  |
| Category: | Organisation | |
| Sub Category: | Prescribed Body Corporate | Aboriginal Corporation | Incorporated Association |
| Location: | Saibai Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia |
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| Summary Information: | |
Saibai Mura Buway (Torres Strait Islanders) Corporation is the registered native title body corporate for the consent native title determination in Saibai People v State of Queensland [1999] FCA 158 (12 February 1999). It was incorporated on 6 June 1997 and is registered on the Office of the Registrar of Aboriginal Corporations (ORAC) register. The objects for which it was established are set out as follows:
'(a) To hold title to land including any title granted under Native Title Claim;
(b) To deal with land, the title to which is held by the Association, in accordance with the lawful requirements of the Native title holders of that land (where held pursuant to a grant of native title) and as otherwise permitted by law.'
(ORAC, 'The Rules of the Saibai Mura Buway (Torres Strait islanders) Corporation', art 6: Objects: http://www.orac.gov.au/document.aspx?icn=2993 (at 18 October 2005)). |
