Northern Territory Numbered Acts

PETROLEUM LEGISLATION MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS ACT 2020 (NO 12 OF 2020) - SECT 20

After section 82

insert

82A     Jurisdiction of Tribunal for disputes

    (1)     The Tribunal has jurisdiction to deal with the following disputes:

    (a)     if a permittee or licensee and a person entitled to compensation under section 81(1) are unable to agree on an amount or other benefit, by way of compensation, to which the person is entitled;

    (b)     if a permittee or licensee and a person entitled to compensation under section 82(1) or (2) are unable to agree on an amount, by way of compensation, to which the person is entitled;

    (c)     any other kind of dispute prescribed by regulation.

    (2)     A dispute mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (b) may be referred to the Tribunal by either party.

    (3)     The compensation that may be payable to a native title holder under section 82 is not determinable by the Tribunal until there is an approved determination of native title that the holder holds native title in the affected land.

    (4)     A person entitled to compensation under section 82(1) or (2) includes a registered native title body corporate.

82B     Tribunal not to review decision

Section 140 of the Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2014 does not apply in relation to any arbitration, decision or determination of the Tribunal made under section 82A or 118(6A)(k).

Note for section 82B

This section also provides that section 140 of the Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2014 does not apply to a decision made by the Tribunal arising from a dispute of a kind prescribed by regulation.