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LOCAL GOVERNMENT (ABORIGINAL LANDS) ACT 1978 - SECT 26

26 Preservation of Aborigines' hunting and gathering rights

(1) Subject to the Nature Conservation Act 1992, sections 62 and 93, but despite the provisions of any other Act, an Aborigine who lawfully resides in the Shire of Aurukun or the Shire of Mornington--

(a) may capture, have in possession, and kill within the shire any specimen of native fauna and consume the same to the extent necessary for the sustenance of the Aborigine and members of the Aborigine's family or household;
(b) may gather, dig and remove forest products, quarry material and similar material within the shire to the extent that the Aborigine requires the same for the Aborigine's domestic use.

(2) An Aborigine must not enter Aboriginal land for a purpose mentioned in subsection (1) unless the Aborigine is entitled or permitted to enter the land under Aboriginal tradition.



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