Invoke-PnPSiteTemplate gives Object reference not set to an instance of an object error

PnP.PowerShell version used 1.9.0
I am trying to input a page template into a site using Invoke-PnPSiteTemplate -Path C:\template.xml but I get the Object reference not set to an instance of an object error. This following is what it says:

Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Stacktrace       :    at PnP.Framework.Provisioning.ObjectHandlers.ObjectClient
                   SidePages.CreatePage(Web web, ProvisioningTemplate 
                   template, TokenParser parser, PnPMonitoredScope scope, 
                   BaseClientSidePage clientSidePage, String pagesLibrary, 
                   List pagesLibraryList, Int32& currentPageIndex, List`1 
                   preCreatedPages)
                      at PnP.Framework.Provisioning.ObjectHandlers.ObjectClient
                   SidePages.ProvisionObjects(Web web, ProvisioningTemplate 
                   template, TokenParser parser, 
                   ProvisioningTemplateApplyingInformation applyingInformation)
                      at PnP.Framework.Provisioning.ObjectHandlers.SiteToTempla
                   teConversion.ApplyRemoteTemplate(Web web, 
                   ProvisioningTemplate template, 
                   ProvisioningTemplateApplyingInformation provisioningInfo, 
                   Boolean calledFromHierarchy, TokenParser tokenParser)
                      at PnP.PowerShell.Commands.Provisioning.Site.InvokeSiteTe
                   mplate.ExecuteCmdlet()
                      at 
                   PnP.PowerShell.Commands.PnPSharePointCmdlet.ProcessRecord()

I can't figure out what is wrong as it seems to work in my other tenant which is also using PnP.Powershell version 1.9.0. The following is the xml in question

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<pnp:Provisioning xmlns:pnp="http://schemas.dev.office.com/PnP/2021/03/ProvisioningSchema">
  <pnp:Preferences Generator="PnP.Framework, Version=1.7.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=0d501f89f11b748c" />
  <pnp:Templates ID="CONTAINER-TEMPLATE-2B491D07795F46BF9549DEB0DD1F4382">
    <pnp:ProvisioningTemplate ID="TEMPLATE-2B491D07795F46BF9549DEB0DD1F4382" Version="1" BaseSiteTemplate="SITEPAGEPUBLISHING#0" Scope="RootSite">  
       
     
      <pnp:ClientSidePages>       
        <pnp:ClientSidePage PromoteAsNewsArticle="false" PromoteAsTemplate="false" Overwrite="true" Title="News Temp" ContentTypeID="0x0101009D1CB255DA76424F860D91F20E6C411800A4D7037E80DD6548B6D85085F1A3993F01" ThumbnailUrl="" PageName="Templates/News-article5.aspx">
          <pnp:Header Type="Custom" ServerRelativeImageUrl="https://{fqdn}{site}/SiteAssets/SitePages/News-Temp/picture.jpg" LayoutType="CutInShape" ShowTopicHeader="false" ShowPublishDate="false" TopicHeader="" AlternativeText="" Authors="[]" AuthorByLine="[]" AuthorByLineId="-1" />
          <pnp:Sections>
            <pnp:Section Order="1" Type="TwoColumnLeft">
              <pnp:Controls>
                <pnp:CanvasControl WebPartType="Text" ControlId="1212fc8d-dd6b-408a-8d5d-9f1cc787efbb" Order="1" Column="1">
                  <pnp:CanvasControlProperties>
                    <pnp:CanvasControlProperty Key="Text" Value="&lt;br&gt;" />
                  </pnp:CanvasControlProperties>
                </pnp:CanvasControl>
                <pnp:CanvasControl WebPartType="Image" JsonControlData="{&quot;id&quot;: &quot;d1d91016-032f-456d-98a4-721247c305e8&quot;, &quot;instanceId&quot;: &quot;c5beaece-386f-421c-889d-b46e064f38a3&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Image&quot;, &quot;description&quot;: &quot;Add an image, picture or photo to your page including text overlays and ability to crop and resize images.&quot;, &quot;dataVersion&quot;: &quot;1.9&quot;, &quot;properties&quot;: {&quot;imageSourceType&quot;:0,&quot;imageSource&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;captionText&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;altText&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;linkUrl&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;overlayText&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fileName&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;siteId&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;webId&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;listId&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;uniqueId&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;imgWidth&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;imgHeight&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alignment&quot;:&quot;Center&quot;}, &quot;serverProcessedContent&quot;: {&quot;htmlStrings&quot;:{},&quot;searchablePlainTexts&quot;:{},&quot;imageSources&quot;:{},&quot;links&quot;:{}}, &quot;dynamicDataPaths&quot;: {}, &quot;dynamicDataValues&quot;: {}}" ControlId="d1d91016-032f-456d-98a4-721247c305e8" Order="1" Column="2" />
                <pnp:CanvasControl WebPartType="DocumentEmbed" JsonControlData="{&quot;id&quot;: &quot;b7dd04e1-19ce-4b24-9132-b60a1c2b910d&quot;, &quot;instanceId&quot;: &quot;ca93deb3-7205-4ca8-aeca-717cfbab576f&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;File viewer&quot;, &quot;description&quot;: &quot;Display a document or file on your page including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, 3D models, videos, and more.&quot;, &quot;dataVersion&quot;: &quot;1.4&quot;, &quot;properties&quot;: {&quot;annotation&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;authorName&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;chartitem&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;endrange&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;excelSettingsType&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;file&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;listId&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;modifiedAt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;photoUrl&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;rangeitem&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;serverRelativeUrl&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;siteId&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;startPage&quot;:1,&quot;startrange&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;tableitem&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;uniqueId&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;wdallowinteractivity&quot;:true,&quot;wdhidegridlines&quot;:true,&quot;wdhideheaders&quot;:true,&quot;webId&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;wopiurl&quot;:&quot;&quot;}, &quot;serverProcessedContent&quot;: {&quot;htmlStrings&quot;:{},&quot;searchablePlainTexts&quot;:{},&quot;imageSources&quot;:{},&quot;links&quot;:{}}, &quot;dynamicDataPaths&quot;: {}, &quot;dynamicDataValues&quot;: {}}" ControlId="b7dd04e1-19ce-4b24-9132-b60a1c2b910d" Order="2" Column="2" />
              </pnp:Controls>
            </pnp:Section>
          </pnp:Sections>
        </pnp:ClientSidePage>
      </pnp:ClientSidePages>   
    
    </pnp:ProvisioningTemplate>
  </pnp:Templates>
</pnp:Provisioning>

Start by reproducing the Invoke-PnPSiteTemplate failure with the supplied template XML and inspect the PnP.Framework.Provisioning.ObjectHandlers.ObjectClientSidePages.CreatePage stack-trace entry. Compare the failing tenant and the working tenant, then identify the null object and add coverage showing that applying this client-side page template completes without the exception.