Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

MCARTHUR RIVER PROJECT AGREEMENT RATIFICATION ACT - SECT 4AB

(1) Despite any law to the contrary, the Authorisation:

(a) is valid and effective; and

(b) authorises mining activity of any kind (including the conversion of the Mine from an underground into an open-cut mine).

(2) Despite any law to the contrary, the Mining Management Plan:

(a) is valid and effective; and

(b) was validly approved by the Minister for Mines and Energy on 13 October 2006.

(3) This section operates retrospectively and prospectively as follows:

(a) subsection (1) operates on each of the constituent authorisations from the date on which it was purportedly made; and

(b) subsection (2) operates from 13 October 2006.

(4) In this section:

"Authorisation" means the constituent authorisations;

"constituent authorisations" means:

(a) the authorisation under section 36 of the Mining Management Act dated 21 January 2003 and numbered 0059-01; and

(b) the further authorisation under section 36 of the Mining Management Act , varying that authorisation, dated 13 October 2006, and numbered 0059-02;

"Mine" means the mine that forms part of the McArthur River Project;

"mining activity", see the Mining Management Act ;

"Mining Management Plan" means the mining management plan related to the Mine and purportedly approved by the Minister for Mines and Energy on 13 October 2006.