NATIVE TITLE ACT 1993 - SECT 212 Confirmation of ownership of natural resources, access to beaches etc.
NATIVE TITLE ACT 1993 - SECT 212
Confirmation of ownership of natural resources, access to beaches etc.Confirmation of ownership of natural resources etc.
(1) Subject to this Act, a law of the Commonwealth, a State or Territory may confirm:
(a) any existing ownership of natural resources by the Crown in right of the Commonwealth, the State or the Territory, as the case may be; or
(b) any existing right of the Crown in that capacity to use, control and regulate the flow of water; or
(c) that any existing fishing access rights prevail over any other public or private fishing rights.
Confirmation of access to beaches etc.
(2) A law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory may confirm any existing public access to and enjoyment of:
(b) beds and banks or foreshores of waterways; or
(e) areas that were public places at the end of 31 December 1993.
(3) Any confirmation under this section does not extinguish any
native title rights and interests and does not affect any conferral of land or
waters, or an interest in land or waters, under a law that confers benefits
only on Aboriginal peoples or Torres Strait Islanders.