Queensland Consolidated Acts

NATIVE TITLE (QUEENSLAND) ACT 1993 - SECT 15A

15A Effect of registration on previous acts covered by indigenous land use agreements (NTA, s 24EBA(1) and (3))

(1) This section applies if—

(a) details are on the Register of Indigenous Land Use Agreements of an agreement that includes a statement to the effect that the parties agree to—

(i) the validating of a particular future act (other than an intermediate period act), or future acts (other than intermediate period acts) included in classes, that have already been done invalidly; or

(ii) the validating, subject to conditions, of a particular future act (other than an intermediate period act), or of future acts (other than intermediate period acts) included in classes, that have already been done invalidly; and

(b) the future act or class of acts is attributable to the State; and

(c) the State is a party to the agreement; and

(d) if, under the agreement or otherwise, a person other than the Crown in right of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory is or may become liable to pay compensation in relation to the act or class of acts—that person is a party to the agreement.

(2) If this section applies in relation to a future act, the act is valid, and is taken always to have been valid.

(3) If this section applies in relation to a class of future acts, all acts included in the class are valid, and are taken always to have been valid.