Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) In exercising a power or performing a function under this Act, the Director is subject to the directions of the Minister.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Minister may give the Director a direction about controlling in the public interest the number of licences in force for a class of commercial passenger vehicle.
(3) Despite anything to the contrary in this Act or the Regulations, the Director must not grant a licence if to do so would be inconsistent with a direction under subsection (2).