Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00333:section:41c:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00333
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 41C (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 22459–25135

41C  Further authority under section 41 in respect of Ranger Project Area
 (1) Where:
 (a) an authority under section 41 (in this section referred to as the current authority), other than an authority conferred by virtue of this section, is in force in respect of the Ranger Project Area;
 (b) the persons on whom the current authority has been conferred (in this section referred to as the applicants) apply in writing to the Minister, not earlier than 6 years and not later than 4 years before the expiration of the period (in this section referred to as the mining period) during which the applicants are authorized under that authority to carry on, upon or under the Ranger Project Area, operations for mining prescribed substances or other minerals, for the conferring under section 41 of a new authority in respect of the Ranger Project Area for a further period (being a period that is not less than 7 years and not longer than the period for which the current authority was conferred) specified in the application; and
 (c) the application is not deemed by subsection (6) to be withdrawn;
the applicants are entitled in accordance with this section to have a new authority conferred on them under section 41 in respect of the Ranger Project Area for a period (in this section referred to as the relevant period) equal to the period specified in the application and commencing at the expiration of the mining period.
 (2) The applicants are not entitled under subsection (1) to have the new authority referred to in that subsection conferred on them unless, not later than 9 months before the expiration of the mining period:
 (a) the agreement dated 3 November 1978 entered into under section 44 of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 between the Commonwealth and the Northern Land Council established under that Act is extended so as to apply in respect of the relevant period; or
 (b) a further agreement is entered into under that section between the Commonwealth and the relevant Land Council established under that Act in respect of the relevant period (being an agreement in relation to such part of the Ranger Project Area as is or becomes Aboriginal land within the meaning of that Act).
 (3) Where an application is made under subsection (1), the Minister administering the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 shall endeavour to obtain, not later than one year before the expiration of the mining period, the extension of the agreement referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) or the further agreement referred to in paragraph (b) of that subsection.
 (4) If the agreement referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection