Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts22. Grant of licence
(1) The Minister may, at his discretion, grant one or more exploration licences in respect of all, or part (including, subject to section 16(2), part or parts of a block), of the land in respect of which an application under this Part is made.
(1AA) Where the Minister grants an exploration licence in respect of part only of the land to which the application relates, the application, unless the Minister expressly states otherwise when granting the exploration licence, remains in force in respect of the remainder of the land to which the application relates until the application is further dealt with under this Act.
(3) Subject to Parts XIA and XIB as applicable, where, by the application of this Act, land is excluded from the grant of an exploration licence, that land shall become part of the licence area, except where the land was excluded by reason of it being the subject of another exploration licence if, during the currency of the licence, the reason for the land being excluded no longer applies to or in relation to that land, and the land is within the blocks at that time comprising the licence area.