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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.