Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A02273:body:0:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A02273
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 11843–14413

second deed of grant in relation to land is delivered by the Governor-General to the grantee in accordance with section 12 of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976, then, subject to sub-section (6)—
    (a) on that delivery, notwithstanding sub-section 12(4) of that Act, the second deed of grant shall be deemed to have taken effect on the date on which the first deed of grant in relation to that land was delivered by the Governor-General to the grantee;
    (b) on that delivery, the first deed of grant in relation to that land shall, for all purposes (other than the purposes of this section), be deemed never to have been executed; and
    (c) on and after that delivery, the grant of any lease or other interest in that land, or the taking of any other action by any person in relation to that land, before the delivery of the second deed of grant, under or by virtue of, or in reliance on, directly or indirectly, the first deed of grant shall, for all purposes, be deemed to be, and to have been, as validly made or taken as if it had been made or taken under or by virtue of, or in reliance on, directly or indirectly, the second deed of grant.
(6) Where, before the delivery by the Governor-General to the grantee of the second deed of grant in relation to land, the first deed of grant in relation to the land has been registered under the law of the Northern Territory relating to the transfer of land, then—
    (a) the second deed of grant does not take effect except in accordance with sub-section (5) as applied by sub-paragraph (b)(ii); and
    (b) on the delivery of the second deed of grant for registration to the Registrar-General or other appropriate officer under the law of the Northern Territory relating to the transfer of land—
        (i) the Registrar-General or other officer shall register and otherwise deal with the second deed of grant under that law according to its tenor as if the first deed of grant in relation to the land had not been executed;
        (ii) sub-section (5) applies in relation to the second deed of grant as if a reference in a paragraph of that sub-section to the delivery by the Governor-General to the grantee of the second deed of grant were a reference to the registration of the second deed of grant in accordance with sub-paragraph (i); and
        (iii) the Registrar-General or other officer shall, with respect to the first deed of grant in relation to the land, take all necessary action to rectify the register kept under the law of the Northern Territory relating to the transfer