New South Wales Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1974 - SECT 71P

71P Effect of publication of proclamation

(1) On publication of the proclamation, the existing reservation under this Act of the lands described in the proclamation is revoked. This subsection has effect despite anything else in this Act.

(2) On publication of the proclamation, the lands described in the proclamation vest, by virtue of the proclamation and the operation of this section, in the Aboriginal Land Council or Councils (and, if more than one, as tenants in common) named as lessor or lessors in the lease for an estate in fee simple without the necessity for any further assurance, but subject to the following--

(a) any native title rights and interests that exist in relation to the lands concerned,

(b) any existing interest within the meaning of section 39,

(c) any licence issued under Part 9,

(d) any lease, licence, franchise or easement granted under Part 12,

(e) any authority or consent issued under this Act or the regulations.

(3) On publication of the proclamation, the lease takes effect and is taken to have been executed on, and its term commences to run from, the date of publication of the proclamation.

(4) On publication of the proclamation, the lands described in the proclamation are, despite the fact that the lands are vested in the Aboriginal Land Council or Councils, reserved, with the appropriate classification, under this Act in accordance with this Part, subject to any matter referred to in subsection (2) (a)-(e).