Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts49A. Licence may be suspended if drug premises order made
(1) The Commissioner of Police may apply to the Commission in the approved form for the suspension of a licence in respect of licensed premises that are drug premises within the meaning of the Misuse of Drugs Act .
(2) The Commission must conduct a hearing in relation to an application under subsection (1) within 28 days after the application is made.
(3) At a hearing in relation to an application under subsection (1), the Commission is to have regard to the matters it thinks fit, including:
(a) the material before the Local Court when the drug premises order in relation to the premises was made; and
(b) evidence of the steps, if any, taken by the licensee, before or after the making of the order, to ensure that dangerous drugs are not supplied on the premises by an employee or agent of the licensee.
(4) At the conclusion of a hearing in relation to an application under subsection (1), the Commission may suspend the licence if it is of the opinion that:
(a) suspension of the licence is necessary for the protection of the public; or
(b) the circumstances of the case are of sufficient gravity to justify the suspension of the licence.
(5) A suspension may be imposed under subsection (4) for a period of not more than 14 days specified by the Commission.
(6) The Commission must serve notice of a decision under this section on the Commissioner of Police and the licensee.
(7) The suspension of a licence under subsection (4) has effect on and from:
(a) the date on which the licensee receives the notice referred to in subsection (6); or
(b) another later date that the Commission specifies in the notice.
(8) This section does not prevent the Commission taking any other action that it is permitted to take under this Act in relation to premises to which a drug premises order relates.
Part V. Hearings