Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) Subject to this section, this Act applies in relation to minerals vested in the Crown in right of the Territory that are extracted on or after 1 July 2024.
(2) This Act does not apply to the following:
(a) subject to subsection (5), any mineral extracted from a production unit:
(i) to which the Mineral Royalty Act 1982 applied immediately before 1 January 2024; and
(ii) from which a mineral was extracted at any time during the 12 months prior to 1 January 2024;
(b) any mineral extracted from a mining tenement, whether granted before or after 1 July 2024, that commenced operations as part of the integrated operation of a production unit mentioned in paragraph (a);
(c) any mineral extracted under Special Mineral Lease 11 held by Gove Aluminium Limited and Swiss Aluminium Australia Limited and dated 30 May 1969;
(d) any mineral to which any of the following apply:
(i) the Merlin Project Agreement Ratification Act 1998 ;
(ii) the McArthur River Project Agreement Ratification Act 1992 ;
(iii) the Uranium Royalty (Northern Territory) Act 2009 (Cth);
(iv) the Atomic Energy Act 1953 (Cth).
Note for subsection (2)(a)(ii)
A production unit that was not actively extracting minerals at any time during the 12 months prior to 1 January 2024 and that recommences extracting minerals after that date is subject to this Act.
(3) This Act does not apply to soil, or to sand, gravel, clay or stone suitable for use in construction or building works, that:
(a) is extracted under an extractive mineral permit; or
(b) is extracted under an extractive mineral lease; or
(c) is extracted under a mineral authority that corresponds to a permit or lease mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b); or
(d) is extracted as a by-product or secondary purpose for a mining operation, or is consumed or used in a mining operation, by the holder of a mining tenement and does not leave the mining operation.
Example for subsection (3)(d)
Gravel that is found and extracted from a mine the primary purpose of which is to extract gold.
(4) This Act does not apply to a mineral fossicked in accordance with section 135 of the Mineral Titles Act 2010 .
(5) Despite subsection (2), this Act applies to any mineral extracted from a production unit or mining tenement referred to in subsection (2)(a) or (b) that is prescribed by regulation.
(6) In this section:
"production unit", see section 4 of the Mineral Royalty Act 1982 .