Registered native title bodies corporate (or RNTBCs) often navigate significant workloads in keeping up with future act activity in their determination area and performing their native title functions. This can be extremely challenging for RNTBCs that do not have access to adequate resourcing.
Section 60AB is a helpful provision of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) which entitles RNTBCs to charge a fee for the costs that are incurred when performing certain future act functions.
This guide aims to assist RNTBCs by setting out what they can charge for and answering some frequently asked questions about utilising section 60AB of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth).