Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The Secretary shall, as soon as practicable after a certificate under section 7 is delivered to the Secretary with a statement under section 12, issue to the royalty payer a certificate for the balance of the amount of the delivered certificate not taken into account by the royalty payer as an eligible deduction for the purpose of calculating the royalty payable by the royalty payer in respect of the royalty year to which the statement relates.
(2) The Secretary may, on the application of the holder of a certificate under section 7 accompanied by the certificate, issue to the applicant such number of certificates, and in respect of such amounts, as the applicant requires, in substitution for the first-mentioned certificate.