Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts34. Existing use protected
(1) Subject to subsection (2), a person does not contravene a planning scheme only by continuing an existing use after the commencement of a conflicting provision.
(2) A person may continue an existing use only if:
(a) the use is restricted to the part of the land on which the use was being made immediately before the commencement of the conflicting provision; and
(b) the intensity of the use is not greater than the intensity of use immediately before the commencement of the conflicting provision.
(3) In this section:
conflicting provision means a provision of a planning scheme, or an amendment of a provision of a planning scheme, with which an existing use conflicts.