TITLES (VALIDATION) AND NATIVE TITLE (EFFECT OF PAST ACTS) ACT 1995 - SECT 12B

TITLES (VALIDATION) AND NATIVE TITLE (EFFECT OF PAST ACTS) ACT 1995 - SECT 12B

12B .         Effect of validation: category A intermediate period acts consisting of grant of freehold and certain leases or vesting of land or waters (s. 22F and 22B(a) NTA)

        (1)         A category A intermediate period act to which section 232B(2), (3) or (4) of the NTA applies extinguishes all native title in relation to the land or waters concerned.

        (2)         Subsection (1) has effect subject to section 24EBA(6) of the NTA.

        Notes for this section:

        1.         The expression “category A intermediate period act” is defined in section 232B of the NTA to mean (subject to that section) —

            (a)         the grant or vesting of a freehold estate; and

            (b)         the grant or vesting of a Scheduled interest; and

            (c)         the grant or vesting of certain leases (commercial leases, exclusive agricultural leases, exclusive pastoral leases, residential leases, community purposes leases, other leases (other than mining leases) that confer a right of exclusive possession, and in certain circumstances mining leases so far as they apply to certain developed land); and

            (d)         the construction or establishment of a public work (see section 12C of this Act).

        2.         This section does not apply to an act if section 12I of this Act applies to it.

        3.         The effect of this section can be changed by an agreement that complies with section 24EBA of the NTA (see subsections (1)(a)(iii) and (6) of that section).

        [Section 12B inserted: No. 9 of 1999 s. 7.]