Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts79. Commission to ascertain residents' opinions
(1) Where the Commission decides to conduct a hearing pursuant to section 77(1)(b), the Chairperson shall, prior to that hearing, take all such steps as are, in his opinion, necessary to:
(a) inform the people who reside in the relevant area of the time and place of the hearing;
(b) inform such people that a person may express an opinion regarding the application in accordance with section 78;
(c) ascertain opinions of such people regarding the application;
(d) if the relevant area forms the whole or part of a council area - ascertain the advice of the council regarding the application.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(c), the Commission may conduct such investigations and cause to be conducted such investigations as it thinks fit.