Administrative law – Judicial review – Water extraction licence – Where 30-year water extraction licence granted under s 60 of Water Act 1992 (NT) ("Water Act") – Where Minister required to be satisfied under s 60(4)(b) of Water Act that special circumstances justified grant of licence for period exceeding ten years – Where Minister required to take into account protection of Aboriginal cultural values associated with water – Where condition of licence was that licensee develop and submit Aboriginal cultural values impact assessment – Whether Minister satisfied that special circumstances justified grant of licence for period exceeding ten years – Whether Minister failed to take into account mandatory relevant consideration of Aboriginal cultural values – Whether Minister failed to accord procedural fairness to prescribed body corporate for relevant native title holders.
Words and phrases – "Aboriginal cultural values", "Aboriginal cultural values impact assessment", "adverse conclusion", "condition", "condition precedent", "cultural and biodiversity values", "discharge of statutory function", "groundwater", "groundwater dependent ecosystems", "interpretation of reasons", "judicial review", "jurisdictional error", "jurisdictional fact", "mandatory relevant consideration", "must take into account", "native title holders", "procedural fairness", "requirement of reasons", "requirement to manifest satisfaction", "review panel", "satisfied", "special circumstances", "state of mind", "state of satisfaction", "water allocation plan", "water extraction licence", "water extraction licence decision".
Water Act 1992 (NT), ss 30, 60, 71A-71E, 90.