Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

PASTORAL LAND ACT 1992 - SECT 4

The objects of this Act are:

        (a)     to provide a form of tenure of Crown land that facilitates the sustainable use of land for pastoral purposes and the economic viability of the pastoral industry;

        (b)     to provide for:

            (i)     the monitoring of pastoral land so as to detect and assess any change in its condition;

            (ii)     the prevention or minimisation of degradation of or other damage to the land and its indigenous plant and animal life; and

            (iii)     the rehabilitation of the land in cases of degradation or other damage;

        (c)     to recognise the right of Aboriginal persons to follow traditional pursuits on pastoral land;

        (d)     to provide reasonable access for the public across pastoral land to waters and places of public interest; and

        (e)     to provide a procedure to establish Aboriginal community living areas on pastoral land.