Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts13. Administrator may re-open closed seas
(1) The Administrator may, by notice in the Gazette , revoke or vary a notice made under section 12 so as to open the whole or part of an area of closed seas.
(2) Before a notice under subsection (1) is published the Administrator shall refer the matter of the revocation or variation of the previous notice to the Aboriginal Land Commissioner.
(3) The Aboriginal Land Commissioner may, if he considers that the circumstances require, inquire into and report on the change in circumstances which would justify the revocation or variation of the previous notice.
(4) The Aboriginal Land Commissioner shall, in deciding whether to conduct an inquiry under subsection (3), have regard to the consent or otherwise of the Land Council and the traditional Aboriginal owners of the land adjoining the seas affected by the intended notice.