Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts25. Body corporate as licensee
(1) A body corporate shall not hold a licence unless it is a corporation within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001.
(2) Where a body corporate applies for a licence, other than under section 26(2) where the body corporate does not intend to carry on any business under the licence being applied for shall nominate a person to be its manager of the licensed premises.
(3) For the purposes of this Act, the manager of the licensed premises nominated by a body corporate shall be deemed to be the person licensed in respect of the premises and the premises shall be deemed to be his licensed premises or the premises in respect of which he is licensed.
(4) For the purposes of an objection under Part IV, the manager nominated by a body corporate shall be deemed to be a joint applicant with the body corporate for a licence.
(5) Upon the grant of a licence to a body corporate, the name of the manager nominated by that body corporate shall, in addition to the name of the body corporate, be endorsed on the licence and the approval in writing of the Commission shall be necessary before any change of the manager so nominated will be recognized for the purposes of this Act.
(5A) Where a person, whose name is endorsed as the person nominated as manager on a licence held by a body corporate, is unwilling to conduct the business of a licensee, the body corporate shall not sell liquor after the date upon which the nominated manager is unwilling to conduct that business until:
(a) the person nominated as manager on the licence is willing to resume the conduct of the business of the licensee; or
(b) approval of a change of manager under subsection (5) is obtained.
(6) In addition to a manager nominated pursuant to subsection (2) every director and officer of a body corporate may be prosecuted for an offence committed against this Act by the nominated manager.
(7) The directors and officers of the body corporate shall not be liable pursuant to subsection (6) where it is proved that the body corporate had given such directions to the nominated manager and had exercised or caused to be exercised such supervision of that manager, as were reasonably necessary to ensure that the manager did not commit an offence against this Act.