98Period of interim protection declaration

98 Period of interim protection declaration (1) Subject to subsection (2), an interim protection declaration operates from the time it is made until the end of the earlier of— (a) 3 months after the day on which it is made; or (b) the period specified in the declaration. (2) Before an interim protection declaration ceases to operate, the Minister may extend the declaration once only for a further period of up to 3 months on his or her own initiative, or at the request of the Council or a registered Aboriginal party for the area to which the Aboriginal place or object the subject of the declaration relates.