Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated ActsWhere the Territory is required under section 19 or section 20 to pay for improvements or works, it shall make the payment to the former lessee:
(a) immediately upon the expiration of the lease, where the liability of the Territory arises because the whole or a part of the land which was included in the expired lease is not made available for further leasing to any person; or
(b) in any other case, immediately upon the granting to any person other than the lessee of a lease of the whole or a part of the land which was included in the expired lease and on which there are improvements or works.