Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts24. Recommendation to Minister
(1) As soon as practicable after it completes an assessment of a place or object under section 22(1), the Council may recommend to the Minister the inclusion in the Register of such details of the place or object as it thinks fit and any such recommendation shall be accompanied by a statement of the heritage value of the place or object.
(2) Before making its recommendation to the Minister the Council shall give to the owner and/or occupier of a place, or the owner and/or person having the lawful possession of an object the subject of the proposed recommendation, and to all persons who are likely to be directly affected by the decision of the Minister in relation to the recommendation, a reasonable opportunity to make written comments to the Council on the proposed recommendation, and for that purpose shall:
(a) send by post to the owner and occupier of the place and to each person shown in the Register kept under the Land Title as having or claiming an interest in land comprising the place, or the owner and person in lawful possession of the object, as the case may be, at the last known address of that owner, occupier or person; and
(b) shall publish in such newspapers in the Territory as it thinks fit,
a notice:
(c) advising that the recommendation is to be made;
(d) indicating where copies of the recommendation can be obtained; and
(e) inviting comments on the recommendation to be given to the Council within 28 days after the publication of the notice.