Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts58. Duration of permit
(1) Subject to this Part, a development permit remains in force during the base period of the permit and, if the duration of a permit is extended under this section or section 59, the period of that extension.
(2) If:
(a) a consent is conditional on the carrying out of works; and
(b) those works are substantially commenced in accordance with the permit within the base period of the development permit,
the permit does not lapse at the end of the base period of the permit but instead is automatically extended for another 2 years from the date on which it would otherwise lapse.
(3) A development permit that relates to a plan of subdivision or consolidation does not lapse if, within the base period of the permit or any extension of that period under this section or section 59, the plan of survey is approved under section 49(3) of the Licensed Surveyors Act .
(4) Subject to this Part, if a development under a development permit includes or consists of the establishment of or a change in a use, the development permit does not lapse if the use has commenced in accordance with the permit within the base period of the permit or any extension of that period under this section or section 59.