Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) Section 9(1A)
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(1A) Before making a report under subsection (1), the Committee must request the following persons seek the views of interested persons and provide a report to the Committee of those views:
(a) if a person requested the naming or altering of the name of a place – the person;
(b) any other person the Committee considers appropriate.
(1AB) However, the Committee may on its own initiative, seek the views of interested persons.
(2) After section 9(3)
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(4) In this section:
interested persons include the following:
(a) if the report relates to a place within a local government area – the local government council established for the area;
(b) if the report relates to a place outside a local government area – the Land Council, within the meaning of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth), established in respect of the area where the place is located;
(c) if the report relates to a place within an area covered by an agreement with the Territory that includes provisions relating to the naming of places – the organisation required under the agreement to be consulted with in respect of the naming of the place;
(d) if the report relates to the naming of land – the owner or developer of the land;
(e) the family or descendants of a person proposed to be commemorated through the naming of a place.