78Service of documents on native title holders

78 Service of documents on native title holders

78 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 77 if the document is served on a registered native title body corporate in relation to the area.

(2) If no approved determination of native title (within the meaning of the Commonwealth Native Title Act) 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 77, on—

(a) any representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander bodies for an area that includes the area concerned, and

(b) any registered native title claimants in relation to the area concerned.