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In forceCategory A past acts that are public works
Part 3Effect of Validation on Native Title
7 Category A past acts that are public works
A category A past act to which section 229 (4) of the Commonwealth Act applies extinguishes native title in relation to the land or waters on which the public work concerned (on completion of its construction or establishment) was or is situated.
If section 229 (4) (a) (which deals with works completed after 1 January 1994) of the Commonwealth Act applies to the past act, the extinguishment is taken to have happened on 1 January 1994.
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