Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts15. Issue of permits
(1) The Land Council for the area in which closed seas are situated may issue a permit to a person to enter onto and remain on those seas subject to such conditions as the Land Council thinks fit.
(2) The traditional Aboriginal owners of an area of Aboriginal land adjoining closed seas may issue a permit to a person to enter onto and remain on that area of closed seas subject to such conditions as the traditional Aboriginal owners think fit.
(3) A permit to enter onto and remain on closed seas shall be in writing.
(4) A Land Council or the traditional Aboriginal owners may delegate all or part of its or their authority to issue permits under this section and such delegations may be made upon such conditions as the Land Council or the traditional Aboriginal owners, as the case may be, think fit.
(5) A Land Council may revoke a permit issued by it, under its authority, by the traditional Aboriginal owners or under the authority of the traditional Aboriginal owners over seas closed by notice under section 12 which is within the area for which it is established.
(6) The traditional Aboriginal owners of an area of Aboriginal land may revoke a permit issued by them under this section, under their authority, by a Land Council or under the authority of a Land Council, where the permit relates to an area of closed seas which is adjacent to Aboriginal land of which those Aboriginals are the traditional Aboriginal owners.
(7) A Land Council shall, before commencing to issue permits for an area of Aboriginal land, consult with and come to an agreement with the traditional Aboriginal owners of the area as to the terms and conditions upon which the Land Council may issue permits or delegate its authority to issue permits.
(8) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 14, the Aboriginal Land Council for the area in which an area of seas closed under section 12 is situated or the traditional Aboriginal owners of an area of adjacent Aboriginal land may, by notice published in a newspaper or broadcast over a radio station, waive the requirement for a permit to enter the closed seas specified by the Land Council or the traditional Aboriginal owners in the notice for the period or periods specified in that notice and the requirements of section 14 shall not apply over that area for that period or those periods.