Northern Territory Numbered Acts

MINERAL TITLES ACT 2010 (NO 27 OF 2010) - SECT 148

    (1)     A person commits an offence if the person:

    (a)     conducts exploration for, or mining or other extraction of, minerals or extractive minerals on an area of land of the Territory; and

    (b)     no mineral title is in force giving the person the right to conduct the activities on the land.

Fault elements:

The person:

    (a)     intentionally conducts exploration for, or mining or other extraction of, minerals or extractive minerals on an area of land of the Territory; and

    (b)     is reckless about whether a mineral title is in force giving the person the right to conduct the activities on the land.

Maximum penalty:     5 000 penalty units or imprisonment for 5 years.