Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) This section
applies if —
(a) this
Act requires notice of any thing to be given to persons who include native
title holders; and
(b)
there has been no approved determination of native title within the meaning of
that expression in the NTA; and
(c)
section 154 does not apply.
(2) Where this section
applies —
(a) the
giving of notice in accordance with the NTA satisfies the relevant requirement
of this Act in relation to native title holders; and
(b) if
the notice relates to a taking, the subsequent service of the order and forms
referred to in paragraph (c) of section 177(5) of this Act in accordance with
the NTA, as if they were a notice, satisfies the requirements of that
paragraph in relation to native title holders.
(3) In subsection (2)
—
in accordance with the NTA means —
(a) if
Part 5 of the Native Title (State Provisions) Act 1998 is in operation and the
notice, or the order and forms, relate to a taking that is a Part 5 act within
the meaning of that Act, in accordance with Division 2 of Part 5 of that Act;
or
(b) if
paragraph (a) does not apply, in the manner provided for by section 24MD(7) of
the Native Title Act 1993 of the Commonwealth.
[Section 153 inserted: No. 61 of 1998 s. 8.]