Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00794:section:3:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00794
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3 (pt 5/6)
Character Range: 25802–28344

means an authority, issued under a law of the Northern Territory relating to mining for minerals, that empowers the holder to take possession of, mine or occupy land, or take any other action in relation to land, for any purpose in connection with mining.
petroleum has the meaning given by subsection 5(1) of the Petroleum Act 1984 of the Northern Territory.
qualifying area means an area that:
 (a) is wholly included in the area of a Land Council; or
 (b) is partly included in the area of one Land Council and partly included in the area of one or more other Land Councils.
sacred site means a site that is sacred to Aboriginals or is otherwise of significance according to Aboriginal tradition, and includes any land that, under a law of the Northern Territory, is declared to be sacred to Aboriginals or of significance according to Aboriginal tradition.
town has the same meaning as in the law of the Northern Territory relating to the planning and developing of towns and the use of land in or near towns, and includes any area that, by virtue of regulations in force under that law, is to be treated as a town.
township, in relation to a Land Trust, has the meaning given by section 3AB.
traditional Aboriginal owners, in relation to land, means a local descent group of Aboriginals who:
 (a) have common spiritual affiliations to a site on the land, being affiliations that place the group under a primary spiritual responsibility for that site and for the land; and
 (b) are entitled by Aboriginal tradition to forage as of right over that land.
traditional land claim, in relation to land, means a claim by or on behalf of the traditional Aboriginal owners of the land arising out of their traditional ownership.
unalienated Crown land means Crown land in which no person (other than the Crown) has an estate or interest, but does not include land in a town.
 (2) Unless the contrary intention appears, a reference in this Act to an estate or interest in land includes a reference to an interest by way of a right against the Crown to a grant of an estate or interest in land, but does not include a reference to:
 (a) a mining interest;
 (b) an interest arising out of the operation of the Atomic Energy Act 1953 or any other Act authorizing mining for minerals;
 (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 exploration for, or the mining or development of, extractive mineral deposits;
 (c) an interest arising out of the