Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts62E. Certain persons required to consent to transfer of order
(1) If the Minister proposes to transfer a home order that includes a direction referred to in section 43(5)(a) or (b), the Minister may not transfer the home order unless each parent of the child to whom the home order relates consents to the transfer of the home order.
(2) If the Minister proposes to transfer a home order that includes a direction referred to in section 43(5)(c) or (d), the Minister may not transfer the home order unless each parent of the child to whom the home order relates and any other person who has access to the child under the home order consents to the transfer of the home order.
(3) The Minister must ensure that, before a parent or other person consents or refuses to consent to a proposed transfer of a home order, the parent or other person is informed of the effect of consenting to the transfer and of refusing or failing to consent to the transfer (including being informed about the Minister's right to apply to the Court for an order for the transfer of the home order, the right of review under section 62G and the right of appeal to the Supreme Court under section 62S).
(4) The Minister is not required to obtain the consent of a person referred to in this section to the transfer of a home order, or to inform such a person of the effect of consenting or refusing or failing to consent to the transfer of the home order, if the person cannot be found after reasonable inquiry.