Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NORTHERN TERRITORY NATIONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACT 2007 - SECT 51

             (1)  Division 3 of Part 2 of the Native Title Act 1993 does not apply in relation to the following acts:

                     (a)  either:

                              (i)  the grant of a lease of land under section 31; or

                             (ii)  the vesting of rights, titles and interests in land under section 47;

                     (b)  any other act done by, under or in accordance with any other provision of this Part;

                     (c)  any act done by the Commonwealth, the Northern Territory or an Authority, within the period of 5 years beginning on the day on which this section commences, on land that has been resumed, or on land in respect of which a lease has been forfeited, in accordance with Division 2 of this Part (other than land in which a Commonwealth interest exists);

                     (d)  any act done by the Commonwealth, the Northern Territory or an Authority on land in which a Commonwealth interest exists;

                     (e)  any act (whether done by, under or in accordance with a law of the Commonwealth or the Northern Territory) that is related to an act referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d).

Note:          Division 3 of Part 2 of the Native Title Act 1993 is about future acts.

             (2)  The non‑extinguishment principle (within the meaning of the Native Title Act 1993 ) applies to the acts referred to in subsection (1).

             (3)  In this section:

"Authority" has the meaning given by the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 .