Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

MINING ACT - SECT 5

5. Appointment of officers

(1) The Minister may appoint an employee as defined in the Public Sector Employment and Management Act to be the principal registrar or a mining registrar for the purposes of this Act, and a person so appointed shall hold office, subject to subsection (3), while he remains an employee.

(1A) The Minister may appoint a person to be a warden for the purposes of this Act.

(2) The Minister shall, as soon as practicable after appointing a person under subsection (1) or (1A), cause a notice of the appointment to be published in the Gazette .

(3) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette , cancel the appointment of a person referred to in subsection (1) or (1A).