NATIVE TITLE ACT 1993 - SECT 24FB When section 24FA protection arises--government applications

NATIVE TITLE ACT 1993 - SECT 24FB

    An area is subject to section   24FA protection at a particular time if:

  (a)   before that time, a non - claimant application (see section   253), or a corresponding application for an approved determination of native title under a law of a State or Territory, has been made by or on behalf of a Minister, the Crown in any capacity, or a statutory authority; and

  (b)   the area is the whole of the area covered by the application and the application has not been amended as to area; and

  (c)   the period specified in the notice given under section   66, or under a corresponding provision of the law of the State or Territory, has ended; and

  (d)   at the end of that period, there is no relevant native title claim (see section   24FE) covering the area or a part of the area; and

  (e)   the application has not been withdrawn, dismissed or otherwise finalised; and

  (f)   there is no entry on the National Native Title Register, included under paragraph   193(1)(a) or (b), specifying that native title exists in relation to the area or a part of the area.