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Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983
173Requests for opening of parts of Register of Aboriginal Owners
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#### 173 Requests for opening of parts of Register of Aboriginal Owners
173 Requests for opening of parts of Register of Aboriginal Owners
(cf former section 49E)
> > (1) The Minister administering the NPW Act may request the Registrar to open a part of the Register of Aboriginal Owners for the purpose of entering the names of Aboriginal persons who have a cultural association with lands that the Minister administering the NPW Act has recommended to the Governor be listed in Schedule 14 to that Act.
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> > (2) The Registrar is to comply with a request made by a Minister under this section.
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> > (3) An Aboriginal person or an Aboriginal Land Council may also request the Registrar to open a part of the Register for the purpose of entering the names of Aboriginal persons who have a cultural association with a particular area of land specified in the request.
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> **s 173:** Ins 2001 No 118, Sch 1 \[17\].