Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) As soon as practicable after a geothermal authority holder recovers a drill core, cutting or other sample (each of which is a sample ) from the geothermal authority area, the holder must give the Minister written notice of the recovery.
(2) The notice must include a description of the place where the sample was recovered.
(3) As soon as practicable after a geothermal authority holder ceases to conduct geothermal activities under the geothermal authority, the holder must give the Minister each sample recovered that has not been disposed of under subsection (4).
(4) A geothermal authority holder may dispose of a sample before ceasing geothermal activities under the geothermal authority only in accordance with the written authority of the Minister.
(5) The regulations may prescribe any matter relevant to the following:
(a) the giving of notice of the recovery of a sample;
(b) the giving of a sample;
(c) the keeping or disposal of a sample;
(d) the examination of a sample.