Determinations of the Federal Court Part 4 Agreements and unopposed applications Division 1C Section 87A (vi) each person who claims to hold native title in relation to land or waters in the determination area and who is a party to the proceeding at the time the agreement is made; (vii) the Commonwealth Minister, if the Commonwealth Minister is a party to, or is intervening in, the proceeding at the time the agreement is made; (viii) if any part of the determination area is within the jurisdictional limits of a State or Territory, the State or Territory Minister for the State or Territory if the State or Territory Minister is a party to the proceeding at the time the agreement is made; (ix) any local government body for any part of the determination area who is a party to the proceeding at the time the agreement is made; and (d) the terms of the proposed determination are in writing and signed by or on behalf of each of those parties. Note: For agreements reached in relation to the whole of the area covered by the application, see section 87. When a registered native title claimant is taken to be a party to the agreement (1A) The requirements that a registered native title claimant be a party to the agreement and sign the terms of the proposed determination are satisfied if: (a) a majority of the persons who comprise the registered native title claimant are parties to the agreement and sign the terms, unless paragraph (b) applies; or (b) if conditions under section 251BA on the authority of the registered native title claimant provide for the persons who must become a party to the agreement and sign the terms— those persons are parties to the agreement and sign the terms. (1B) The persons in the majority must notify the other persons who comprise the registered native title claimant within a reasonable period after becoming parties to the agreement and signing the Compilation No. 47 Native Title Act 1993 269 Compilation date: 25/09/2021 Registered: 22/10/2021 Authorised Version C2021C00450 registered 22/10/2021