Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2021A00132:clause:2_52
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2021A00132
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Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 52
Character Range: 85738–86859

52  Prospecting authorities
Despite the repeal of paragraph (a) of the definition of exploration licence in subsection 3(1) of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 made by this Schedule:
 (a) the following provisions of that Act continue to apply on and after the commencement of this item as if a reference in the provision to an exploration licence included a reference to a prospecting authority granted before that commencement:
 (i) subsection 44A(2);
 (ii) section 46;
 (iii) subsection 47(3); and
 (b) subsections 48(1) to (4B) of that Act continue to apply on and after that commencement as if a reference in any of those subsections to a refusal to consent to the grant of an exploration licence included a reference to a refusal, before that commencement, to consent to the grant of a prospecting authority; and
 (c) subsections 48(5) to (8) of that Act continue to apply on and after that commencement as if a reference in any of those subsections to the cancellation of an exploration licence included a reference to the cancellation, before that commencement, of a prospecting authority.