Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts16. The Minister may issue permits to government employees on certain conditions
(1) Where a person who is employed under or by virtue of an Act or as a member of the personal staff of a Minister, the Leader of the Opposition or the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, has a need in the performance of his duties to enter upon and remain on closed seas, the Minister may issue a permit which will, subject to any law in force in the Territory, authorize the person to whom it is issued to enter and remain on closed seas subject to the conditions set out in the permit.
(2) A permit issued under subsection (1) -
(a) shall be in writing and shall contain the name, the signature and an identification photograph of the person to whom the permit is issued;
(b) shall specify the area of closed seas that the person to whom the permit is issued is permitted to enter and remain on;
(c) shall specify that the permit is issued to allow the person to whom it is issued to enter and remain on closed seas in the course of his duty only; and
(d) may contain conditions and restrictions subject to which the permit is issued.
(3) A permit issued under subsection (1) may be revoked by the Minister upon the request of the relevant Land Council.