Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts4. Agreement ratified
(1) For the purposes of clause 2(1) of the Agreement, the Agreement is ratified.
(2) The implementation of the Agreement is authorised.
(3) Subject to section 4A, the provisions of the Agreement shall operate and take effect according to their terms notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act or law in force in the Territory.
(4) Where a provision of the Agreement provides for the modification of an Act or law in force in the Territory, the Act or law shall, for the purposes of the Agreement, operate and take effect as provided for in the Agreement as if the Act or law had been so modified.
(5) Subject to section 4A, an Act passed after the commencement of this Act shall not amend, modify or repeal a provision of the Agreement or affect the operation of a provision of the Agreement unless the Act expressly provides accordingly.
(6) The Territory, its Ministers, instrumentalities and authorities and any local government authority are authorised, empowered and required to do all things necessary or expedient for the carrying out or giving full effect to the Agreement.
(7) Subject to this Act and the Agreement, the Company, its servants, agents and contractors shall observe and comply with all Acts and laws in force in the Territory applicable in any way to the McArthur River Project.