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Mineral Titles Act 2010
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(1) For this Act, the land of the Territory is taken to be divided into
graticular sections by the following lines:
(a) the meridian of longitude 129 degrees east and each meridian
of longitude east of it, with a distance of one minute between
each of the meridians;
(b) the parallel of latitude 26 degrees south and each parallel of
latitude north of it, with a distance of one minute between each
of the parallels.
(2) The geographical coordinates of the graticular sections are
determined on the basis of GDA 94.
(3) A block is so much of a graticular section as is within the land of
the Territory.
(4) A reference in this Act to a block includes a reference to part of a
block.