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This is a Bill, not an Act. For current law, see the Acts databases.
NORTHERN TERRITORY ABORIGINAL SACRED SITES AMENDMENT BILL 2006
Serial 84
Northern Territory
Aboriginal Sacred Sites Amendment Bill 2006
Mr
Mills
AN ACT
to
amend the Northern Territory Aboriginal Sacred Sites
Act
NORTHERN TERRITORY
OF AUSTRALIA
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Act No. [ ] of 2006
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AN ACT
[Assented to [ ]
2006]
[Second reading [ ]
2006]
The Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory enacts
as follows:
Short
title
This Act may be cited as the Northern Territory
Aboriginal Sacred Sites Amendment Act 2006.
Act amended
This Act amends the Northern Territory Aboriginal Sacred
Sites Act.
New section 48AB
After section 48A
insert
48AB. Compensation for adverse effects on
business activities
(1) This section applies if a person's business activities
are prohibited or restricted under section 33 merely because a marine site is
registered as a sacred site.
(2) However, this section does not apply if
the prohibition or restriction results
in an acquisition of property.
(3) The person is entitled
to be paid by the Territory just
compensation because of the prohibition or restriction.
(4) For subsection
(2), a court of competent jurisdiction may decide the amount of compensation and
make the orders it considers appropriate.
(5) In this section:
"business activities" means activities conducted for a
business or enterprise;
Example of business activities
The operations of the holder of a commercial fishing licence under the
Fisheries Act.
"marine site" means a sacred site comprising land covered by
water.
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