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Pastoral Land Act 1992
72BProcedures under Lands Acquisition Act 1978 to be complied
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72B Procedures under Lands Acquisition Act 1978 to be complied
with
(1) Divisions 1 and 2 of Part IV and sections 45 and 45A of the Lands
Acquisition Act 1978 (in this Division called the applied
provisions) apply in relation to an extension or grant to which this
Division applies as if it were a compulsory acquisition of native title
Division 4 Certain grants, &c., to be treated as compulsory acquisitions
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rights and interests in relation to the land that will be affected by the
extension or grant.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1):
(a) a reference in the applied provisions to the Minister for the
time being administering the Lands Acquisition Act 1978 is to
be read as a reference to the Minister for the time being
administering this Act; and
(b) a reference in the applied provisions to the compulsory
acquisition of native title rights and interests is to be read as a
reference to the extension or grant of a pastoral lease under
section 49, 61, 62 or 64 (as the case may be) that affects
native rights and interests.
(3) Where the Minister has complied with Divisions 1 and 2 of Part IV
of the applied provisions in respect of an extension or grant to
which this Division applies then, subject to section 45 of the applied
provisions, the Minister may extend the term of the pastoral lease
or grant the new pastoral lease or the perpetual pastoral lease
accordingly.