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Minerals (Acquisition) Act 1953.

Country/Territory
Australia
Territorial subdivision
Northern Territory
Document type
Legislation
Date
1953 (2011)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to provide for the Acquisition by the Crown of certain minerals, and for other purposes.
Subject
Mineral resources
Keyword
Minerals Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific
Entry into force notes
This Act enters into force on 22 April 1953.
Abstract

This Act concerns the acquisition of minerals by the Crown. Under section 3, “All minerals existing in their natural condition, or in a deposit of waste material obtained from any underground or surface working, on or below the surface of any land in the Territory, not being minerals, which, immediately before the commencement of this Act, were the property of the Crown or of the Commonwealth, are, by force of this Act, acquired by, and vested absolutely in, the Crown in right of the Commonwealth.” The Act provides for compensation in relation to the acquisition of minerals.

Full text
English
Website
legislation.nt.gov.au