Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ABORIGINAL LAND GRANT (JERVIS BAY TERRITORY) ACT 1986 No. 164 of 1986 - SECT 49

49. (1) Subject to this section, where the Minister is satisfied that-

   (a)  a place that forms part of Aboriginal Land was, immediately before it
        became part of such land, a place to which the public had access; and

   (b)  it is desirable that the public should continue to have access to that
        place, the Minister may, by notice in writing published in the Gazette
        specifying that place, declare that that place is a place to which
        this section applies.

(2) The Minister shall not make a declaration under sub-section (1) in
relation to-

   (a)  a place to which a declaration under sub-section 48 (1) applies; or

   (b)  a place that is the subject of a lease to a person for use for
        domestic purposes within the meaning of Part V.

(3) The public shall have right of access to a place in respect of which a
declaration under sub-section (1) is in force (other than a place that has
become a place referred to in sub-section (2)), but that access is subject to
the regulations.
(4) In this section, "place" includes a road, a path and a trail.