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Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983
52AAPowers of Local Aboriginal Land Councils with respect to property
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#### 52AA Powers of Local Aboriginal Land Councils with respect to property
52AA Powers of Local Aboriginal Land Councils with respect to property
> > (1) A Local Aboriginal Land Council may do or suffer in relation to its property any act or thing that it could lawfully do or suffer if it were a natural person having, in the case of land, the same estate or interest in the property as the Council.
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> > (2) In particular, without limiting the generality of subsection (1), a Local Aboriginal Land Council may do or suffer any such act or thing to enable it to—
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> > > (a) improve, or cause to be improved, any land vested in it, or
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> > > (b) explore for and exploit, or cause to be explored for or exploited, mineral resources or other natural resources vested in it.
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> > (3) This section is subject to this Act.
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> **s 52AA:** Ins 2009 No 58, Sch 1 \[5\].