Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts45. Exemption from rates, charges, &c.
(1) Subject to subsection (3), land vested in the Port Corporation is exempt from local government rates, charges and taxes.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply so as to exempt the Port Corporation from payment of charges for a commodity or service provided or supplied by a municipal or community government council whether the charge made be assessed on the value of land occupied by or vested in the Port Corporation or otherwise.
(3) Where land vested in the Port Corporation is leased to a person, that land is not exempt from rates, charges or taxes under this section.
(4) Where a law authorizes the imposition or levy of a rate, charge or tax on the land referred to in subsection (3), that rate, charge or tax shall be payable by the lessee or tenant of the land and not by the Port Corporation.