Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts56. Occupation of land pending determination of application
(1) Subject to section 61, where an application for a mineral lease has been lodged, the applicant shall not carry out or continue to carry out any exploration or mining on the land to which the application relates, or use it for any associated purpose, until the application is granted.
Penalty: $10,000.
Default penalty: $1,000.
(2) Where land the subject of an application referred to in subsection (1) -
(a) is, or is part of, a mineral lease area;
(b) is held by the applicant under an exploration licence or an exploration retention licence; or
(c) is occupied in accordance with an authorization under section 178(2),
nothing in that subsection prevents the applicant from carrying out any exploration or mining, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the mineral lease, exploration licence, exploration retention licence, or authorization under section 178(2) on the land to which the application relates, or his using that land for associated purposes.