1Trans-territory Pipeline and Blacktip Gas Projects (Special Provisions) Act 2005

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA TRANS-TERRITORY PIPELINE AND BLACKTIP GAS PROJECTS (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) ACT 2005 As in force at 6 May 2005 Table of provisions Part 1 Preliminary 1 Short title ......................................................................................... 1 2 Expiry .............................................................................................. 1 3 Act binds Crown .............................................................................. 1 4 Definitions ........................................................................................ 1 Part 2 Crossing or roads and waterways 5 Road crossing.................................................................................. 3 6 Waterway crossing .......................................................................... 3 Part 3 Application of Northern Territory Aboriginal Sacred Sites Act 7 Effect of Authority Certificate ........................................................... 4 Part 4 Application of Waste Management and Pollution Control Act 8 Application ....................................................................................... 5 ENDNOTES

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

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As in force at 6 May 2005

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TRANS-TERRITORY PIPELINE AND BLACKTIP GAS PROJECTS (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) ACT 2005 An Act to make special provisions for the Trans-Territory Pipeline Project and the Blacktip Gas Project, and for related purposes Part 1 Preliminary 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Trans-Territory Pipeline and Blacktip Gas Projects (Special Provisions) Act 2005. 2 Expiry (1) If the Minister administering this Act declares, by notice in the Gazette, that this Act ceases to operate on and after a specified date, being a date not earlier than the date of the notice, this Act expires on that date. (2) However, the Minister may not make such a declaration: (a) before 31 December 2005; or (b) after the construction work for a Project has commenced. 3 Act binds Crown This Act binds the Crown in right of the Territory and, to the extent the legislative power of the Legislative Assembly permits, the Crown in all its other capacities. 4 Definitions In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears: Blacktip Gas Project means the project for the construction and operation of all of the following facilities: (a) an offshore gas platform; (b) an onshore gas plant near Wadeye community;

Part 1 Preliminary Trans-Territory Pipeline and Blacktip Gas Projects (Special Provisions) Act 2005 2 (c) a pipeline from the gas platform to the onshore gas plant; (d) all the associated infrastructure for the project. consortium, in relation to a Project, means the person, or a group of persons, responsible for one or both of the following: (a) constructing the facilities of the Project; (b) operating any of those facilities after they have been constructed, and includes the following: (c) a member of the group; (d) the successors and assignees of the person, the group or a member of the group; (e) a contractor or any other person acting for or on behalf of the person, the group or a person mentioned in paragraph (c) or (d) in connection with constructing or operating the facilities of the Project. facilities means: (a) for the Blacktip Gas Project – the facilities mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of the definition of Blacktip Gas Project; or (b) for the Trans-Territory Pipeline Project – the facilities mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition of Trans- Territory Pipeline Project. pipeline has the same meaning as in the Energy Pipelines Act 1981. Project means the Blacktip Gas Project or the Trans-Territory Pipeline Project. road has the same meaning as in the Control of Roads Act 1953. Trans-Territory Pipeline means a pipeline from Wadeye to Gove. Trans-Territory Pipeline Project means the project for the construction and operation of the following facilities: (a) the Trans-Territory Pipeline; (b) all the associated infrastructure for the project.