Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The Administrator may, by notice in the Gazette , set apart for, or dedicate to, the purposes of a public cemetery or a private burial ground, any unleased land belonging to the Territory.
(1A) The Administrator may, by notice in the Gazette , dedicate to the purpose of a public cemetery, Aboriginal land which has been leased in perpetuity at a nominal rental under the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 of the Commonwealth to the Commonwealth of Australia for the purpose of a public cemetery.
(2) Land so set apart or dedicated shall be used only for the burial or cremation of bodies of deceased persons and for purposes incidental thereto.