Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts4. Objects
The objects of this Act are:
(a) to provide a form of tenure of Crown land that facilitates the sustainable use of land for pastoral purposes and the economic viability of the pastoral industry;
(b) to provide for:
(i) the monitoring of pastoral land so as to detect and assess any change in its condition;
(ii) the prevention or minimisation of degradation of or other damage to the land and its indigenous plant and animal life; and
(iii) the rehabilitation of the land in cases of degradation or other damage;
(c) to recognise the right of Aborigines to follow traditional pursuits on pastoral land;
(d) to provide reasonable access for the public across pastoral land to waters and places of public interest; and
(e) to provide a procedure to establish Aboriginal community living areas on pastoral land.