Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts15. Reservation of blocks
(1) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette , declare that a block specified in the notice (not being a block in respect of any part of which an exploration licence is in force) shall not be the subject of an exploration licence.
(2) While a declaration under subsection (1) remains in force in respect of a block, an application for an exploration licence shall not be made in respect of that block.