Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts47F. Person may object to certain applications
(1) Subject to this section, a person, organisation or group may make an objection to the following applications:
(a) an application for the grant of a licence, as notified under section 27;
(b) an application for a variation of the conditions of a licence, as notified under section 32A;
(c) an application for the substitution of other premises for the premises specified in a licence, as notified under section 46A;
(d) an application for approval to make a material alteration to licensed premises, as notified under section 119.
(2) The objection may only be made on the ground that the grant of the licence, variation of conditions, substitution of other premises or material alteration may or will adversely affect:
(a) the amenity of the neighbourhood where the premises the subject of the application are or will be located; or
(b) health, education, public safety or social conditions in the community.
(3) Only the following persons, organisations or groups may make an objection under subsection (1):
(a) a person residing or working in the neighbourhood where the premises the subject of the application are or will be located;
(b) a person holding an estate in fee simple in land, or a lease over land, in the neighbourhood where the premises the subject of the application are or will be located;
(c) a member or employee of the Police Force acting in that capacity;
(d) a member or employee of the Fire and Rescue Service within the meaning of the Fire and Emergency Act acting in that capacity;
(e) an Agency or public authority that performs functions relating to public amenities, including health, education and public safety;
(f) a community-based organisation or group (for example, a local action group or a charity).
(4) An objection under subsection (1) is to:
(a) be in writing;
(b) be signed by or on behalf of the person, organisation or group making the objection;
(c) set out the facts relied on by the person, organisation or group to constitute the ground on which the objection is made; and
(d) be lodged with the Director within 30 days after the publication of the notice or the last of the notices referred to in section 27, 32A, 46A or 119 (as applicable).
(5) If an objection is lodged by post, the objection is taken to be duly lodged with the Director if it is delivered to an office of Australia Post for transmission to the office of the Director within the period referred to in subsection (4)(d).