(1) In this section, authorized person means a person authorized by a Land Council for the purposes of this section, and any word or phrase that is defined by section 3 of the Environment Protection (Northern Territory Supreme Court) Act 1978 and is used in this section has the same meaning as in that Act.
(2) An authorized person is entitled, with the consent of the occupier, to full and free access to all buildings and places in the Alligator Rivers Region for the purpose of obtaining, and reporting to the Land Council, any information that:
(i) uranium mining operations in the Alligator Rivers Region; or
(ii) any action taken to comply with any requirement of or having effect under a prescribed instrument so far as the requirement relates to the effect of those operations on the environment; and
(b) is relevant to the question whether or not the Land Council
should exercise the power conferred on it by section 4 of the
Environment Protection (Northern Territory Supreme Court) Act 1978 to make
application to the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory of Australia for
the making of an order under that section.