Register of Indigenous Land Use Agreements

The Register of Indigenous Land Use Agreements contains information about indigenous land use agreements (ILUAs) that have been accepted for registration.

Registered ILUAs are a type of contract between native title holders and other parties. They bind all parties and all native title holders to the terms of the agreement. Under the Native Title Act, the Registrar is responsible for maintaining the Register of Indigenous Land Use Agreements and must enter the following details:

• a description of the area covered by the agreement
• the name of each party to the agreement and the address at which the party can be contacted
• if the agreement specifies the period during which it will operate — that period
• if the agreement includes any statements regarding extinguishment, validation or future acts — a reference to the fact, setting out any such statement.

The Registrar may also enter any other details of the agreement that are considered appropriate. Because ILUAs are a type of commercial contract, there are issues of confidentiality and only limited information is kept on the register.

You can find summary information about all registered ILUAs by clicking on 'Browse registered ILUAs' in the 'Indigenous land use agreements' section. You can view a map of all registered ILUAs by clicking on the link below.

To find out whether an area of land or water is affected by an ILUA, you can request the Tribunal to search the register. (A charge may be associated with this service.) The Tribunal is currently examining the legal and technical issues that need to be addressed in order to provide online access to the Register of Indigenous Land Use Agreements.