Part 3 Applications Division 1 Applications to the Federal Court: native title and compensation Section 62A accompanied by a copy of the agreement and, if there is an agreement under subsection 47C(5), that agreement. 62A Power of applicants where application authorised by group (1) In the case of: (a) a claimant application; or (b) a compensation application whose making was authorised by a compensation claim group; the applicant may deal with all matters arising under this Act in relation to the application. Note: This section deals only with claimant applications and compensation applications. For provisions dealing with indigenous land use agreements, see Subdivisions B to E of Division 3 of Part 2. (2) Subsection (1) is subject to any conditions under section 251BA on the authority of the applicant. 62B General law duties Any obligation of the applicant under this Act does not relieve the applicant, or detract, from any other duty of the applicant at common law or in equity to persons in the native title claim group or compensation claim group. 62C Acting where persons are jointly the applicant etc. (1) This section applies if: (a) an applicant makes a native title determination application or a compensation application; and (b) 2 or more persons (the authorised persons) are jointly the applicant; and (c) the applicant is required or permitted to do something under this Act, or for the purposes of this Act under another law of the Commonwealth; and (d) apart from this section, for the applicant to do the thing, all of the authorised persons would need to do the thing. 222 Compilation No. 47 Native Title Act 1993 Compilation date: 25/09/2021 Authorised Version C2021C00450 registered 22/10/2021 Registered: 22/10/2021

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