ABORIGINAL LAND ACT 1991 - SECT 297 Retrospective validation of dealings with trustee (Aboriginal) lease

ABORIGINAL LAND ACT 1991 - SECT 297

297 Retrospective validation of dealings with trustee (Aboriginal) lease

(1) Subsection (2) applies to a trustee (Aboriginal) lease if the lease—

(a) was granted under the Land Act , section 57 before 18 July 2008; and

(b) was amended, transferred, mortgaged or subleased, during the relevant period, under the Land Act , chapter 3 , part 1 , division 7 .

(2) The amendment, transfer, mortgage or sublease of the trustee (Aboriginal) lease (the
"dealing" ) is taken to be, and to always have been, as valid as if—

(a) the dealing were a dealing carried out under this Act; and

(b) section 184 , as in force immediately after the commencement of this section, had been in force on the day the dealing was carried out.

(3) Subsection (4) applies to a trustee (Aboriginal) lease if the lease—

(a) was granted under the Land Act , section 57 before 18 July 2008; and

(b) was amended, transferred, mortgaged or subleased, during the relevant period, under this Act.

(4) The amendment, transfer, mortgage or sublease of the trustee (Aboriginal) lease (also the
"dealing" ) is taken to be, and to always have been, as valid as if section 184 , as in force immediately after the commencement of this section, had been in force on the day the dealing was carried out.

(5) In this section—


"relevant period" means the period starting on 18 July 2008 and ending immediately before the commencement of this section.