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Native Title (New South Wales) Act 1994
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11 Category A past acts that are public works
(NTA, secs 19 and 15 (1) (b))
> > (1) This section applies if the past act is a category A past act to which section 229 (4) of the Commonwealth Native Title Act applies.
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> > (2) The past act extinguishes native title in relation to the land or waters on which the public work concerned (on completion of its construction or establishment) was or is situated.
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> > (3) If section 229 (4) (a) (which deals with public works completed after 1 January 1994) of the Commonwealth Native Title Act applies to the past act, the extinguishment is taken to have happened on 1 January 1994.