Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts61. Survey of lease area
(1) The Minister shall not grant a mineral lease until the area of the proposed lease has been surveyed in the prescribed manner by a licensed surveyor within the meaning of the Licensed Surveyors Act and the lessee has provided the Minister with a copy of the Surveyor-General's certificate of survey issued under that Act.
(2) Where land the subject of an application for a mineral lease is Crown land, the Minister may, by written notice to an applicant, indicate that the Minister intends to grant a mineral lease to him when the land has been surveyed in accordance with subsection (1) and, subject to such conditions as the Minister endorses on the notice, that notice is sufficient authority for the applicant to occupy the land and commence using it for the purpose for which the lease will be granted as though that lease had already been granted to him.
(3) The Minister may, at any time, withdraw the authority referred to in subsection (2) and, upon his so doing, the applicant shall forthwith cease to carry out the activities being carried out by him in reliance on that authority.