Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Where the Director is satisfied that:
(a) an accredited operator has contravened or failed to comply with a condition of his or her accreditation; or
(b) a commercial passenger vehicle is being or has been operated in contravention of or otherwise than in accordance with a licence,
the Director may:
(c) cancel the accreditation and/or licence; or
(d) suspend the accreditation and/or licence for such period, being not longer than 4 weeks, as the Director thinks fit.
(2) Where the Director is satisfied that an accredited person or the holder of a licence is not a fit and proper person to be accredited or hold a licence, the Director may:
(a) cancel the accreditation or licence; or
(b) suspend the accreditation or licence for such period as the Director thinks fit.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), an accredited person or the holder of a licence is not a fit and proper person to be accredited or to hold the licence in any case where, if the person were to apply for accreditation or the licence at the time the Director was considering the matter, the application would be refused.
(3A) In addition, the Director must have regard to the following in considering whether the accredited person or holder of a licence is fit and proper for subsection (2):
(a) whether or not the accredited person or holder has shown a pattern of committing offences;
(b) any other circumstances concerning the accredited person or holder that the Director considers relevant.
(4) The Director may cancel a licence where, in accordance with this Act, the application for the grant, renewal or transfer of the licence is accompanied by a means of payment (other than money) as payment of the prescribed fee for the application and the means of payment is dishonoured when duly presented for payment.
(5) The Director shall cancel a taxi licence where:
(a) a taxi has not been endorsed on the licence and operated as such for any continuous period of more than 3 months; or
(b) the holder, being an individual, has not been ordinarily resident in the Territory for more than 6 months or, being a body corporate, has ceased for more than 6 months to have its principal place of business in the Territory.
(6) A cancellation or suspension under this section takes effect 7 days after the day of the decision of the cancellation or suspension.
(7) The Director must give written notice of a decision under this section to the person for whom the decision is made.
(8) The Territory is not liable for any loss or damage suffered by a person because of a decision under this section.