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Fisheries Management Act 1994
288AService of documents on native title holders
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#### 288A Service of documents on native title holders
288A Service of documents on native title holders
> > (1) If a document is authorised or required by this Act or the regulations to be served on a person who is a native title holder in relation to an area, service of the document is taken to be effected in accordance with section 288 if the document is served on a registered native title body corporate in relation to the area.
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> > (2) If no approved determination of native title (within the meaning of the [Native Title Act 1993](http://www.legislation.gov.au/) of the Commonwealth) exists in relation to the area concerned, a document authorised or required by this Act or the regulations to be served on a person who is a native title holder who cannot be identified may be served on any such person by serving it, in a manner authorised by section 288 on—
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> > > (a) any representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander bodies for an area that includes the area concerned, and
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> > > (b) any registered native title claimants in relation to the area concerned.
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> **s 288A:** Ins 2000 No 86, Sch 6.2 \[21\].