9Power to alienate land

9 Power to alienate land (1) Subject to this Act, the Minister may, in the name of the Territory by instrument in the appropriate form under the Land Title Act 2000, grant an estate in fee simple in or a lease of Crown land. (2) A power to grant under subsection (1) an estate in fee simple includes a power to grant an estate in fee simple to the Territory and, subject to section 11, an estate in fee simple so granted or otherwise obtained by the Territory shall not merge with the radical Crown Lands Act 1992 6 title to the land. (3) A reference in this Act to the grant of an estate in fee simple in land shall include, where the Territory is the registered proprietor of an estate in fee simple in land, a reference to the transferring of the estate in fee simple in that land under the Land Title Act 2000.