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CurrentMerger of proceedings
Part 4Claims and determinations of native title
Division 4Miscellaneous
26 Merger of proceedings
(1)
If the Court has separate proceedings before it in which native title declarations are sought in relation to the same land, the proceedings must be heard together to the extent that they relate to the same area of land.
(2)
For the purposes of subsection (1), the Court may make appropriate orders for either or both of the following:
(a)
the
division of claims into separate claims;
(b)
the amalgamation or separation of proceedings.
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