TITLES (VALIDATION) AND NATIVE TITLE (EFFECT OF PAST ACTS) ACT 1995 - SECT 6
TITLES (VALIDATION) AND NATIVE TITLE (EFFECT OF PAST ACTS) ACT 1995 - SECT 6
6 . Effect of validation: category A past acts that are not public works (s. 19 and 15(1)(a) NTA)
A category A past act,
other than a past act to which section 229(4) of the NTA applies, extinguishes
the native title concerned.
Note for this section:
In the NTA
“category A past act” is defined in section 229 to mean (with
exceptions and qualifications) —
(a)
freehold grants; and
(b) some
leasehold grants (commercial, agricultural, pastoral and residential leases
and, in certain circumstances, mining leases so far as they apply to certain
developed land); and
(c)
public works.