Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

ENERGY PIPELINES ACT - SECT 9

    (1)     A permit:

        (a)     comes into force on the day specified in the permit;

        (b)     subject to subsection (3), remains in force for a period of 12 months commencing on the day referred to in paragraph (a) and for any period for which the permit is extended under subsection (2); and

        (c)     may be granted subject to such conditions as the Minister thinks fit and specifies in the permit, which may include a condition for the purpose of minimising the impact of the grant of the permit on native title rights and interests in relation to any affected land or waters.

    (2)     The Minister may, on application in writing made by the permittee and served on the Minister before the date of expiration of the permit, extend the permit for such period as he thinks fit and specifies in an instrument in writing served on the permittee.

    (3)     The Minister may, for reasons that he thinks sufficient, by instrument in writing served on a permittee, cancel a permit as to the land in respect of which it is in force.

    (4)     A permit shall not be cancelled under subsection (3) unless the Minister has:

        (a)     by instrument in writing served on the permittee, given not less than 28 days notice of his intention to cancel the permit and the grounds for his so doing;

        (b)     served a copy of the instrument on such other persons, if any, as he thinks fit;

        (c)     in the instrument, specified a date on or before which the permittee or a person on whom a copy of the instrument is served may, by instrument in writing served on the Minister, submit any matter that he wishes the Minister to consider in connection with the cancellation of the permit;

        (d)     caused to be published in such newspapers as he thinks fit, notice of his intention to cancel the permit and the ground for his so doing and has, in that notice, specified a date on or before which a person having an interest in land in the area may submit any matter that he wishes the Minister to consider in connection with the cancellation of the permit; and

        (e)     taken into account:

            (i)     any action taken by the permittee to remove the grounds for cancellation of his permit or to prevent the recurrence of similar grounds; and

            (ii)     particulars of matters submitted under paragraph (c) or (d) on or before the date specified under the relevant paragraph.