Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts51. Variation of permit without application
(1) If an ethics committee believes on reasonable grounds that it is desirable in the interests of animal welfare to vary a permit, it may give the permit holder a notice in the approved form -
(a) specifying the proposed variations and the reason it is believed to be desirable; and
(b) inviting the permit holder to show cause, in writing and within a specified period, why the permit should not be varied as proposed.
(2) On the expiry of the period specified in the notice, and after considering any representations made by the permit holder, the ethics committee may vary the permit if satisfied on reasonable grounds that it is desirable in the interests of animal welfare to do so.
(3) If an ethics committee varies a permit -
(a) it must request the permit holder by written notice to lodge the permit with the ethics committee within the period specified in the notice;
(b) the permit holder must comply with the notice without delay; and
(c) the ethics committee must enter the variation on the permit and return it to the permit holder as soon as practicable.