Part 2 Native Title Division 3 Future acts etc. and native title Section 24GE Validation of act (2) If this section applies to a future act, the act is valid. Non-extinguishment principle (3) The non-extinguishment principle applies to the act. Compensation (4) The native title holders concerned are entitled to compensation for the act in accordance with Division 5. Who pays compensation (5) The compensation is payable by: (a) if the act is attributable to the Commonwealth—the Crown in right of the Commonwealth; or (b) if the act is attributable to a State or Territory—the Crown in right of the State or Territory. Notification (6) Before the act is done, the person proposing to do the act must: (a) notify, in the way determined, by legislative instrument, by the Commonwealth Minister, any representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander bodies, registered native title bodies corporate and registered native title claimants in relation to the land or waters that will be affected by the act that the act, or acts of that class, are to be done in relation to the land or waters concerned; and (b) give them an opportunity to comment on the act or class of acts. 24GE Granting rights to third parties etc. on non-exclusive agricultural or pastoral leases (1) This section applies to a future act if: 80 Compilation No. 47 Native Title Act 1993 Compilation date: 25/09/2021 Authorised Version C2021C00450 registered 22/10/2021 Registered: 22/10/2021