Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts35. Payments to minors
(1) Where under this Act a payment is required to be made to a person who has not attained the age of majority or is under some other legal disability, that payment may be made on behalf of that person to the Public Trustee or to the guardian or other person who, from time to time, has the responsibility for the immediate care and welfare of that person.
(2) A payment made in pursuance of subsection (1) is a full discharge of the Board's obligations in respect of that payment and it is not bound to see to the application of the money so paid.