Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated ActsA person served with a notice under section 47 who expends money in complying with the notice may recover as a debt due to him:
(a) if he is not the owner of the land specified in the notice – from the owner of that land the amount of money so expended; or
(b) if he is the owner of that land – from the other owners of that land such proportion of the amount of money so expended as the court thinks fit.