Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated ActsSCHEDULE 4
Section 10
principles for lease of parks and reserves to territory
1. The term of the lease is 99 years.
2. The parties to the lease must negotiate in good faith for the renewal of the lease.
3. The lease must not extinguish native title rights or interests.
4. The lease purposes -
(a) must include the use of the land the subject of the lease as a park or reserve; and
(b) may include the use of the land the subject of the lease for commercial activities that are consistent with its use as a park or reserve and conducted in accordance with the joint management agreement for the park or reserve.
5. If the land the subject of the lease is Aboriginal land, the lease must require the lessor to permit Territorians and visitors to the Territory to enter the park or reserve without an entry permit.
6. The lessee must give preference to the participation of the traditional Aboriginal owners of the park or reserve in any commercial activities conducted under the lease.
7. The lease must permit the traditional Aboriginal owners of the park or reserve to use the land the subject of the lease in accordance with the joint management agreement for the park or reserve.
8. The lease must permit the grant under section 46(1A) of the Lands Acquisition Act of part of the land the subject of the lease for the purposes of an Aboriginal community living area in accordance with the joint management agreement for the park or reserve.
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