Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) A person may apply to the Minister for the grant of a mineral authority for general reserved land if:
(a) the application is not otherwise prohibited by a notice under section 113 ; and
(b) the Minister has not, under section 117 , invited applications for the grant of mineral titles for the land.
(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), a mineral authority is a mineral title that:
(a) corresponds to a mineral title, as specified in the MA, that may be granted under Part 3 or 4 (the corresponding title ); and
(b) gives the title holder of the MA the same rights as a holder of the corresponding title, including the right to conduct the authorised activities under the MA that may be conducted under the corresponding title; and
(c) imposes the same obligations as the corresponding title; and
(d) is subject to the same conditions specified by this Act for the corresponding title.
(3) When the Minister grants an MA, the Minister may specify in it that a provision of this Act relating to the corresponding title does not apply in relation to the MA.
(4) Also, a regulation may exclude:
(a) all MAs from the application of a provision of this Act relating generally to all corresponding titles; or
(b) an MA from the application of a provision of this Act relating to the corresponding title for that MA.
(5) The Minister may grant or renew an MA for the period the Minister considers appropriate.