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Aboriginal Lands Act 1995
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### 3A Aboriginal person
> [*\[Section 3A Inserted by No. 25 of 2005, s. 5, Applied:21 Jul 2005\]*](/view/html/inforce/2005-07-21/act-2005-025#GS5@EN)
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> > (1) An Aboriginal person is a person who satisfies all of the following requirements:
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> > > > (a) Aboriginal ancestry;
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> > > > (b) self-identification as an Aboriginal person;
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> > > > (c) communal recognition by members of the Aboriginal community.
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> > (2) The onus of proving that a person satisfies the requirements referred to in [subsection (1)](#GS3A@Gs1@EN) lies on that person.