Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts39F. Minister may accept or reject recommendation
(1) As soon as practicable after receiving a recommendation under section 39E or subsection (4), the Minister must:
(a) accept the recommendation;
(b) reject the recommendation; or
(c) subject to subsection (5), refer the matter back to the Council with a request that the Council provide, by the date specified in the referral, further information or make a further recommendation relating to the matter or a suggested variation.
(2) The Minister may accept or reject a recommendation in relation to all, or part only, of a heritage place.
(3) Where the Council is requested to provide further information under subsection (1)(c), the Council must provide the further information to the Minister within the period specified in the referral.
(4) Where the Minister refers a matter back to the Council under subsection (1)(c) and the Council is requested in that referral to make a further recommendation, the Council must, within the period specified in the referral, recommend to the Minister that he or she:
(a) revoke all or part of the declaration of the heritage place, or revoke the declaration of the heritage object; or
(b) not revoke all or part of the declaration of the heritage place, or that he or she not revoke the declaration of the heritage object,
to which the request or application relates.
(5) A matter the subject of a recommendation under section 39E may be referred back to the Council under subsection (1)(c) twice only before the Minister must take an action referred to in subsection (1)(a) or (b).