Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts54. Development permit
(1) Immediately after a consent authority determines a development application to which section 53B applies, it must issue a development permit to the applicant.
(2) A consent authority that has served a notice of determination on each person referred to in section 53A(2) must issue a development permit to the applicant:
(a) if a person appeals under section 117 and, under section 130, the Appeals Tribunal orders the consent authority to issue a development permit - in accordance with the order; or
(b) if no person appeals under section 117 - after the expiry of the period within which such an appeal must be made.
(3) A development permit must be in the approved form.