Western Australian Consolidated Acts

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

12H .         Requirement to notify: tenures and reserves under the Land Act 1933

        (1)         This section applies to an intermediate period act attributable to the State — 

            (a)         consisting of — 

                  (i)         the grant of a fee simple;

                  (ii)         the grant of a lease, licence or easement; or

                  (iii)         the creation, vesting or amendment of a reserve,

                under the Land Act 1933 ² ; and

            (b)         that took place at any time during the period from the beginning of 1 January 1994 until the end of 23 December 1996.

        (2)         The State must, before the end of 6 months after the commencement of the Titles Validation Amendment Act 1999 ¹ , give notice containing the details set out in subsection (3) in respect of each act to which this section applies to any — 

            (a)         registered native title body corporate;

            (b)         registered native title claimant; and

            (c)         representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body,

                in relation to any of the land or waters affected by the act.

        (3)         The details are — 

            (a)         the date on which the act was done;

            (b)         sufficient information to enable the area affected by the act to be identified; and

            (c)         information about the way in which further details about the act may be obtained.

        [Section 12H inserted by No. 9 of 1999 s.7.]

        [Heading inserted by No. 9 of 1999 s.7.]