Northern Territory Consolidated Acts5A. Administrator may issue permits to use roads in certain circumstances
Where a person has applied to a Land Council or traditional Aboriginal owners for a permit to use a road in respect of which, under this Part, that Council or those owners have the authority to issue a permit, and that Land Council or those traditional Aboriginal owners, as the case may be, have refused to issue the permit sought or have not, within a reasonable time, so issued the permit, the person may apply to the Administrator who may issue the permit to use the road subject to the conditions set out in the permit.