Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to Parts IIA and IIB as applicable, a permittee may apply to the Minister to vary, suspend or waive a condition of the permittee's exploration permit.
(2) Subject to Parts IIA and IIB as applicable, on receiving an application under subsection (1), the Minister may, by notice served on the permittee, vary, suspend or waive a condition of the exploration permit, in accordance with the application.
(3) Where a condition of an exploration permit which places an obligation on the permittee is suspended under subsection (2), the Minister may, in the notice of suspension or by a later instrument served on the permittee, extend the term of the permit by a period not exceeding the period of the suspension.
(4) Where an extension under subsection (3) of the term of an exploration permit is expressed to have effect from a date earlier than the date on which the notice by which it is extended is signed, it shall have and be deemed to have had effect as if the notice had been signed on that earlier date.