9Restriction of disposal etc. of land in parks and reserves

##### 9 Restriction of disposal etc. of land in parks and reserves (1) Notwithstanding any law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory, but subject to subsections (2), (2A), (2B) and (3), no interest held by the Director in respect of land within a park or reserve shall be sold, leased or otherwise disposed of. (2) Where the plan of management relating to a park or reserve so provides, the Director may grant leases of, or licences in respect of, land in that park or reserve in accordance with the plan of management. (2A) The Director may, for the purposes of establishing and developing a township as provided by section 8D, grant leases of, or licences in respect of, land in the Kakadu National Park established under this Act in the Northern Territory. (2B) The Director may surrender a lease of land within a park or reserve in consideration of the grant to the Director of a new lease of land that includes that land. (3) The Director may, for the purposes of Part II of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976, surrender or transfer to the Commonwealth any interest held by him or her in respect of land within a park or reserve within the Region. (3A) The Lands Acquisition Act 1989 does not apply to the grant or surrender of a lease or sub-lease under this section. (4) In this section (other than in subsection (2B)), lease, in relation to Aboriginal land, means sub-lease.