Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts15. Annual fee for use of sanctuary as national park
(1) Subject to subsection (4), the Territory shall pay annually to the Land Council $20,000 for the use of the sanctuary as a national park.
(2) An amount paid pursuant to subsection (1) shall, after due inquiry, be paid by the Land Council to or for the benefit of the group.
(3) A payment under this section shall -
(a) in the case of an amount to be paid under subsection (1) by the Territory - be made as soon as practicable, but not later than one month, after -
(i) the date of commencement of this Act; and
(ii) each anniversary of that date; and
(b) in the case of an amount to be paid under subsection (2) by the Land Council - as soon as practicable after the relevant amount referred to in subsection (1) is received by it.
(4) The annual amount to be paid under subsection (1), other than the first, shall be $20,000 increased by -
(a) the percentage by which the estimated seasonally adjusted average weekly wage per employed male unit for Darwin published by the Statistician, within the meaning of the Australian Bureau of Statistics Act 1975 of the Commonwealth, in respect of the September quarter immediately before the payment is to be made exceeds the estimated seasonally adjusted average weekly wage per employed male unit for Darwin published by the Statistician in respect of the September quarter of the year 1980; or
(b) where no estimated seasonally adjusted average weekly wage referred to in paragraph (a) has been published in respect of the relevant September quarter, the percentage that the Chief Justice, after consultation with the Statistician, considers would have been the appropriate increase had that average weekly wage been published.