Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts17. Acquisition
(1) Subject to this section, nothing in this Act derogates from the right of the Crown to acquire for a public purpose any part of, or an interest in, the sanctuary in accordance with the provisions of the Lands Acquisition Act .
(2) Subject to subsection (3), no procedure required by the Lands Acquisition Act for the acquisition of part of, or an interest in, the sanctuary shall be commenced unless the Minister for the time being responsible for the administration of that Act has first consulted with, and given due consideration to the views of, the Board.
(3) The Minister referred to in subsection (2) shall, at the request of the Board, refer a proposed acquisition of part of, or an interest in, the sanctuary to the Legislative Assembly and thereafter no procedure for the acquisition shall commence except upon a resolution of the Legislative Assembly -
(a) in the case of a proposed acquisition of part of an area - passed by a two-thirds majority of all members of the Assembly (excluding the Speaker); and
(b) in the case of a proposed acquisition of any easement or right of way on or over, or other interest in, the sanctuary - passed by a majority of all members of the Assembly (excluding the Speaker),
approving of the proposed acquisition.
(4) For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this section or the Lands Acquisition Act shall be construed as authorizing, for the purposes of mining, the acquisition of part of, or an interest in, the sanctuary.