YMAC Annual Report 2022

Native title roles and functions
Right: Baler
shell – Cape
Range. Picture:
Bryan Rochelle
YMAC is the NTRB for the Traditional
Owners of the Pilbara (Marlpa) and
Geraldton (Yamatji) Representative
Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander
Body (RATSIB) areas of Australia.
Our service provision focuses on
the Pilbara, Murchison, Mid West
and Gascoyne regions of WA. As an
NTRB, YMAC operates under the NTA
(and CATSI Act).
YMAC functions determined
under the NTA include:
• Facilitation and assistance functions
referred to in sections 203BB and 203BC.
• Certification functions referred to
in section 203BE.
• Dispute resolution functions
referred to in section 203BF.
• Notification functions referred
to in section 203BG.
• Agreement-making functions
referred to in section 203BH.
• Internal review functions referred
to in section 203BI.
• Other functions referred to in
section 203BJ, and such other
functions as are conferred on
representative bodies by the act.
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