Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts7. Appointment of other members
(1) Subject to this section, the Minister may, in his discretion, appoint a person to be a member of the Authority.
(2) Each participating body may nominate one person to be its principal representative on the Authority and, where it does so, the Minister shall appoint that person to be a member of the Authority.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), the Minister may, after giving to persons and bodies who are directly involved financially in -
(a) the development of the town of Jabiru; and
(b) mining a prescribed substance within the meaning of the Atomic Energy Act 1953 of the Commonwealth in the Alligator Rivers Region within the meaning of the Environment Protection (Alligator Rivers Region) Act 1978 of the Commonwealth,
an opportunity to make submissions to him, declare such a person or body, or a person or body in which such a person or body has an interest, to be a participating body.