Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts50. Application for variation of permit
(1) A permit holder may apply for a variation of the permit by lodging with the relevant ethics committee an application in the approved form accompanied by the approved fee.
(2) The ethics committee may request the permit holder to provide the additional information that it considers necessary to enable it to determine whether or not to vary the permit.
(3) After considering an application for a variation and any further information provided by the permit holder, the ethics committee may -
(a) vary the permit; or
(b) refuse to vary the permit,
if it believes on reasonable grounds that it is desirable in the interests of animal welfare to do so.