Northern Territory Consolidated ActsThe object of this Act is to provide for the protection of the health and welfare of the community by:
(a) licensing persons to carry out plumbing and draining in the Territory while at the same time allowing certain work to be carried out by unlicensed persons;
(b) providing for reciprocity in relation to qualifications of plumbers and drainers with other jurisdictions; and
(c) providing uniformity of standards in the trades in the Territory.