Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts46A. Substitution of premises
(1) A licensee may apply to the Commission in a form approved by the Commission for the substitution of other premises ( new premises ) for the premises specified in a licence held by the licensee.
(2) The applicant must, within 28 days of lodging the application, cause notice of the application to be published in a newspaper or newspapers nominated by the Commission.
(3) The notice must:
(a) include a description in sufficient detail to identify the location of the proposed new premises;
(b) include a description of the nature of any business associated with the licence that it is proposed to conduct on the proposed new premises;
(c) contain any other particulars determined by the Commission; and
(d) be not less than a size determined by the Commission.
(4) If the application relates to premises within the area of a shire council, the Director must, as soon as reasonably practicable, inform the CEO of the council that the application has been made.
(5) Where:
(a) no objection to the application is lodged with the Director pursuant to section 47F; or
(b) such an objection has been dismissed under Part IV,
the Commission must, as soon as reasonably practicable, consider the application.
(6) After considering the application, the Commission must, having regard to the objects of this Act:
(a) approve the application and substitute the new premises in the licence held by the applicant;
(b) refuse the application and direct the Director to forward notice of the refusal together with a statement of the reasons for refusal to the applicant; or
(c) conduct a hearing in relation to the application.
(7) After the Commission has conducted a hearing under Part IV or subsection (6)(c), the Commission must take action of a kind described in subsection (6)(a) or (b) in addition to any action it may take under Part IV.