Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIVE TITLE ACT 1993 - SECT 44D

Laws etc. of benefit to Aboriginal peoples or Torres Strait Islanders

  (1)   This Subdivision does not affect:

  (a)   any reservation or condition for the benefit of Aboriginal peoples or Torres Strait Islanders contained:

  (i)   in any law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; or

  (ii)   elsewhere; or

  (b)   the operation of any law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory that allows for the granting of access rights to Aboriginal peoples or Torres Strait Islanders; or

  (c)   the operation of any law of the Commonwealth, a State or Territory that relates to the preservation or protection of any area or site of particular significance to Aboriginal peoples or Torres Strait Islanders in accordance with their traditions.

Laws of general application

  (2)   This Subdivision is not intended to imply that, in exercising rights conferred by subsection   44B(1), a person is not subject to laws of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory that are of general application.