Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts68. Application for renewal of mineral lease
(1) Subject to Parts XIA and XIB as applicable, a lessee may, at any time before 3 months before the expiration of a mineral lease or such later time, not being later than that expiration, as the Minister allows, apply to the Minister for the renewal or further renewal of the lease.
(2) An application under subsection (1) is to be in writing and lodged with the Department accompanied by -
(a) the prescribed rent for the first 12 months of the proposed renewed lease; and
(b) the prescribed fee.
(3) Subject to Parts XIA and XIB as applicable, where the Minister is satisfied that the lessee has, during the current period of the lease, complied with all the provisions of this Act and the conditions to which the lease is subject, he shall grant an application under this section for such term, not exceeding 25 years, and may make that grant subject to such conditions in addition to or varying those to which the lease is already subject, as he thinks fit.
(4) The Minister shall not refuse to grant an application for the renewal of a mineral lease under this section except with the approval of the Administrator.
(5) Where an application for the renewal of a mineral lease has been made in accordance with this section, the lease shall be deemed to continue in force until that renewal is granted or refused, as the case may be.