Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to this Act, including Parts IIA and IIB as applicable, a person may apply for an exploration permit by lodging with the Minister:
(a) a statement containing the name and address of the applicant;
(b) a statement containing the designated number of each block the subject of the application;
(c) a map clearly delineating the application area and the boundaries of existing exploration permit or licence areas in the immediate vicinity of the application area;
(d) a proposed technical works programme for exploration of the blocks during each year of the term of the proposed exploration permit;
(e) evidence of the technical and financial capacity of the applicant to carry out the proposed technical works programme and to comply with this Act;
(f) where the application is made by 2 or more persons, the proposed sharing arrangements between the applicants;
(g) the name of the designated operator and evidence of the technical capacity of the operator to carry out the proposed technical works programme;
(j) the prescribed application fee; and
(k) such other information in support of the application as the applicant thinks fit.
(2) A person may apply for one or more exploration permits.
(3) A person is not entitled to apply for an exploration permit in relation to an area that is the subject of:
(a) an exploration permit or a licence; or
(b) an application for an exploration permit lodged with the Minister on an earlier business day.
(4) However, if 2 or more applications for an exploration permit are lodged on the same business day in relation to all or part of the same application area, the Minister must accept each application for consideration under this Division.
(5) The Minister may, by written notice to an applicant, request:
(a) further information relevant to the applicant or application; or
(b) an amendment or variation of the application (for example, a variation of the application area if subsection (4) applies).
(6) For subsections (3) and (4), an application for the grant of an exploration permit lodged after 4 pm on a business day is taken to have been lodged with the Minister on the next business day.