TITLES (VALIDATION) AND NATIVE TITLE (EFFECT OF PAST ACTS) ACT 1995 - SECT 12A
TITLES (VALIDATION) AND NATIVE TITLE (EFFECT OF PAST ACTS) ACT 1995 - SECT 12A
12A . Validation of intermediate period acts attributable to State (s. 22F NTA)
Every intermediate
period act attributable to the State is valid and is taken always to have been
valid.
Notes for this section:
1. The expression
“intermediate period act” is defined in section 232A of the NTA as
an act that took place between 1 January 1994 and 23 December 1996 and that
meets the various conditions set out in that section.
2. Under section 22H
of the NTA the State must within 6 months of the commencement of this Act
notify specified details relating to certain acts to the public and to native
title bodies and claimants in relation to the affected land or waters. The
details relate to mining rights granted between 1 January 1994 and 23 December
1996 in respect of land and waters that are or were the subject of a freehold
or leasehold grant or public work.
[Section 12A inserted: No. 9 of 1999 s. 7.]