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Defence Act 1903
116QPublic areas of defence land
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116Q Public areas of defence land
(1) The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, declare an area specified in the notice to be a public area and assign a name to that area.
(2) In subsection (1), area means an area of land that is owned or held under lease by the Commonwealth and used, or intended for use, for the purposes of defence.