Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The Board may, in its discretion, refund the reasonable expenses incurred by a person, in:
(a) notifying the Board of the finding of a meteorite;
(b) furnishing information to the Board which results in the finding of a meteorite; or
(c) recovering and delivering a meteorite to the Board.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Board may offer and pay a reward in a case referred to in that subsection.
(3) Where damage is occasioned to land in the course of the recovery of a meteorite by or on the authority of the Board, the Board shall compensate the owner of the land for that damage and such compensation is recoverable in a court of competent jurisdiction.