Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated ActsWhere under section 40B of the Crown Land Act 1992 as in force immediately before the commencement of this Act there was in force a permission of the Minister to use the whole or a part of land under a pastoral lease for purposes which but for that section and permission the land could not be so used, that permission shall continue in force for a period of 12 months after that commencement, and this Act shall apply, as if it were the permission of the Board given under section 88 on that commencement for 12 months on the same terms and conditions (other than as to its duration) as applied immediately before that commencement, but the lessee may, before the expiration of that period apply to the Board under Part 7 (or, where required by the Board under section 90(2), to the Minister) for permission to use the land or part, or to surrender the part in exchange for a separate lease for that purpose, accordingly.