TITLES (VALIDATION) AND NATIVE TITLE (EFFECT OF PAST ACTS) ACT 1995 - SECT 12C
TITLES (VALIDATION) AND NATIVE TITLE (EFFECT OF PAST ACTS) ACT 1995 - SECT 12C
12C . Effect of validation: category A intermediate period acts involving public works (s. 22F and 22B(b) NTA)
(1) A category A
intermediate period act to which section 232B(7) of the NTA applies
extinguishes the native title in relation to the land or waters on which the
public work concerned (on completion of its construction or establishment) was
or is situated.
(2) The extinguishment
is taken to have happened when the construction or establishment began.
(3) Subsection (1) has
effect subject to section 24EBA(6) of the NTA.
Notes for this section:
1. This section does
not apply to an act if section 12J of this Act applies to it.
2. 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 12C inserted: No. 9 of 1999 s. 7.]