Territory Coordinator Act 2025

In this Act:

Aboriginal land, see section 3(1) of the Aboriginal

Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth).

applicant, for Part 7, see section 62.

approved program of works means a program of works approved by the Minister under section 41.

condition variation notice, see section 84(1).

decision request, for Part 7, see section 66(1).

economic significance, see section 4.

eligible person, see section 11(2).

environment means all aspects of the surroundings of humans, including physical, biological, economic, cultural and social aspects.

exemption notice, see section 77(1).

IC activity is an infrastructure coordination activity and means:

any activity undertaken by the Territory Coordinator to facilitate the implementation of an ICP; or

a project that is permitted under an ICP.

ICA means an area of land or water declared as an infrastructure coordination area under section 25(1).

ICP, see section 27.

interested party, see section 5(1).

Land Council, see section 3(1) of the Aboriginal

Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth).

National Native Title Register means the register established under section 192 of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth).

original entity, for Part 7, see section 71(c).

owner or occupier, in relation to land, means:

the registered owner of the land or any other person registered on the land title; and

any person with an interest in the land recorded on the National

Native Title Register; and

if a person mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) is not the occupier of the land, the occupier of the land, if the occupier can be readily identified.

plan area:

for a TDA plan – means the Territory development area to which it relates; or

for a proposed TDA plan – means the area to which it relates;

or

for an ICP – means the ICA to which it relates; or

for a proposed ICP – means the area to which it relates.

primary principle, see section 8(1).

prioritisation request, for Part 7, see section 64(1).

program of works, see section 38.

progression-related request, for Part 7, see section

65(1).

proponent, of a project, means the person who proposes the project and includes a person who assumes conduct of the project under an agreement or other arrangement with a previous proponent of the project.

public body means any of the following:

an Agency;

a local government council;

a Government owned corporation as defined in section 3 of the

Government Owned Corporations Act 2001;

any other body, whether incorporated or not, performing a public function on behalf of either:

the Territory; or

a body mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c).

public entity, see section 6(1).

registered owner, of land, see section 4 of the Land

Title Act 2000.

relevant law, in relation to a statutory decision or statutory process, means the Scheduled law under which the decision may be made or the process undertaken.

responsible entity means:

for a statutory decision – the entity that may make the decision under the relevant law for the decision, other than a court or tribunal; or

for a statutory process – the entity responsible for undertaking the process under the relevant law for the process, other than a court or tribunal.

Scheduled law means:

an Act listed in the Schedule; or

subordinate legislation made under an Act referred to in paragraph (a).

significant project means a project in relation to which a designation under section 23 is in effect.

statutory decision, see section 7(1).

statutory process means a process required to be undertaken under a Scheduled law, other than by a court or tribunal.

Example for definition statutory process

Under section 71B of the

Water Act 1992, the Controller of Water Resources must give notice of the Controller's intention to make a water extraction licence decision.

step-in notice, see section 68(2).

TDA activity means:

any activity undertaken by the Territory Coordinator to facilitate the implementation of a TDA plan; or

a project that is permitted under a TDA plan.

TDA plan, see section 46(1).

Territory Coordinator means the person appointed under section 11.

Territory development area means an area of land or water in relation to which a designation under section 43 is in effect.

works projects, for Part 7, see section 62.

Note for section 3

The Interpretation Act 1978 contains definitions and other provisions that may be relevant to this Act.