Western Australian Consolidated Acts

TITLES (VALIDATION) AND NATIVE TITLE (EFFECT OF PAST ACTS) ACT 1995 - SECT 8

8 .         Effect of validation — inconsistent category B past acts (ss. 19 & 15(1)(c) NTA)

                A category B past act that is wholly or partly inconsistent with the continued existence, enjoyment or exercise of the native title rights and interests concerned extinguishes the native title to the extent of the inconsistency.

        Note:         In the NTA “category B past act” is defined in section 230 (with exceptions and qualifications) as leasehold grants, other than leases that are category A past acts and mining leases.