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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]
(1) An Aboriginal person is a person who satisfies all of the following requirements:
(a) Aboriginal ancestry;
(b) self-identification as an Aboriginal person;
(c) communal recognition by members of the Aboriginal community.
(2) The onus of proving that a person satisfies the requirements referred to in subsection (1) lies on that person.