Commonwealth Numbered Acts

NATIVE TITLE ACT 1993 No. 110, 1993 - SECT 24

24.(1) If:

   (a)  section 67 (which deals with non-claimant applications) applies to an
        application in relation to an area and, under subsection 67(4), the
        application is taken to be unopposed; or

   (b)  a law of a State or Territory has similar effect in relation to an
        application for an approved determination of native title in relation
        to an area by a recognised State/Territory body; the following
        provisions apply:

   (c)  any future act by any person in relation to the area that is done
        before the making of any approved determination of native title in
        relation to the area is valid;

   (d)  if the act mentioned in paragraph (c) extinguishes native title to any
        extent-the native title holders are entitled to compensation for the
        act in so far as it has that effect;

   (e)  if the act mentioned in paragraph (c) does not so extinguish native
        title and the native title holders would be entitled to compensation
        under subsection 17(2) for the act on the assumption that it was a
        past act referred to in that subsection-they are entitled, in
        accordance with Division 5, to compensation for the act. Who pays
        compensation

(2) The native title holders may recover the compensation from:

   (a)  if the act is attributable to the Commonwealth-the Crown in right of
        the Commonwealth; or

   (b)  if the act is attributable to a State or Territory-the Crown in right
        of the State or Territory.