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Native Title Act 1993
188Parts of the Register may be kept confidential
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188 Parts of the Register may be kept confidential
Public interest test
(1) Section 187 does not apply to a part of the Register if the Registrar is satisfied that it would not be in the public interest for information in that part of the Register to be available to the public.
Note: Such information must not be made available to the public: see subsection 98A(2).
(3) In determining whether it would or would not be in the public interest for information in that part of the Register to be available to the public, the Registrar must have due regard to the cultural and customary concerns of Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders.