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Principal Act.

Commencement
2. (1) Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Paragraph 23 (1) (ea) and sub-sections 50 (2d) and (2e) of the Principal Act inserted by this Act, and section 34, shall come into operation on a day, or on respective days, to be fixed by Proclamation.
(3) The amendment made by section 26 shall be deemed to have come into operation on 30 June 1986.

Interpretation
3. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended—
     (a) by adding at the end of the definition of "exploration licence" in sub-section (1) "or a permit granted under the Petroleum Act 1984 of the Northern Territory as amended from time to time";
     (b) by inserting after the definition of "exploration licence", in sub-section (1) the following definitions:
          " 'extractive mineral' means—
              (a) soil; or
              (b) sand, gravel, clay or stone, being sand, gravel, clay or stone that is suitable for use in construction or building works;
          'extractive mineral deposit' means a deposit of extractive minerals;";
     (c) by adding at the end of the definition of "minerals" in sub-section (1) "but does not include extractive minerals";
     (d) by adding at the end of the definition of "mining interest" in subsection (1) "other than a lease or other interest in land, or a right, granted under a law of the Northern Territory relating, in whole or in part, to the mining or development of extractive mineral deposits"; and
     (e) by inserting after paragraph (2) (b) the following paragraph:
          "(ba) a lease or other interest in land, or a right granted in respect of land, under a law of the Northern Territory relating, in whole or in part, to the mining or development of extractive mineral deposits.".
4. After section 3a of the Principal Act the following section is inserted in Part I:

Act binds the Crown
"3b. This Act binds the Crown in right of the Commonwealth and of the Northern Territory.".

Land Trusts
5. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after sub-section (1a) the following sub-sections:
"(1b) Where—
     (a) the traditional Aboriginal owners of an area of land constituting the whole or a part of the land that is held by a Land Trust are also the traditional Aboriginal owners of an area of land constituting the whole or a part of land that is held by another Land Trust or in which an estate in fee simple would be likely, but for the operation of this sub-section, to be granted to another Land Trust; and

     (b) those traditional Aboriginal owners are in favour of the amalgamation, within a single Land Trust, of