Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts10. Validation of grants of title before 1911
(1) Every grant of title, whether freehold or leasehold, of land (whether or not covered by water) in the geographical area that now constitutes the Northern Territory made at any time before 1 January 1911 by the Crown in any capacity, to the extent that there could be any doubt about its validity because of the possibility of the existence of native title affecting the land at the time of the grant, is confirmed to be, and shall be taken always to have been, validly made.
(2) To the extent that the operation of subsection (1) constitutes an acquisition of property within the meaning of section 50 of the Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978 of the Commonwealth, the property shall be acquired on just terms.