Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

PARKS AND RESERVES (FRAMEWORK FOR THE FUTURE) ACT - SECT 8

8. Chief Minister authorised to do certain things

Subject to section 10, the Chief Minister is authorised to do the following things:

(a) request the Commonwealth Minister responsible for the administration of ALRA to use his or her best endeavours to effect an amendment of Schedule 1 to ALRA to include in that Schedule the parks and reserves specified in Schedule 1;

(b) grant, under sections 9(1) and 10(1) and (2) of the Crown Lands Act as applied by section 9(9) of this Act, park freehold title over the parks and reserves specified in Schedule 2;

(c) execute, on behalf of the Territory, a lease to the Territory of each of the parks and reserves specified in Schedules 1 and 2;

(d) execute, on behalf of the Territory, a joint management agreement for each of the parks and reserves specified in Schedules 1, 2 and 3;

(e) execute, on behalf of the Territory, one or more indigenous land use agreements to enable the things referred to in paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) to be done;

(f) any other thing necessary or convenient to be done to enable the things referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e) (inclusive) to be done.