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Land Titles Validation Act 1994.

Country/Territory
Australia
Territorial subdivision
Victoria
Document type
Legislation
Date
1994 (2000)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Land tenure Traditional rights/customary rights Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Liability/compensation Indigenous peoples
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific
Abstract

This Act validates past acts that are invalid because of the existence of native title and provides for the implementation of compensation rights for the holders of native title which has been affected by past acts attributable to the State. The Act consists of 17 sections and is divided into the following Parts: Preliminary (1); Validation of past Acts (2); Validation of intermediate period Acts (2A); Confirmation of pasts extinguishment of native title by certain valid or validated Acts (2B); Validation of future Acts by agreement (2C); Confirmation of rights (3) and General (4).

Full text
English
Website
www.legislation.vic.gov.au