Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts30. Effect and duration of licence
(1) An operator's licence authorises the licensee, during the currency of the licence, to carry on an escort agency business in accordance with any conditions or restrictions to which the licence is subject.
(2) A manager's licence authorises the licensee, during the currency of the licence and in accordance with any conditions or restrictions to which the licence is subject, to manage an escort agency business on behalf of a body corporate or individual named in the licence.
(3) A licence is incapable of transfer by the licensee, and cannot vest in a person other than the licensee by operation of law.
(4) Subject to this Part, a licence remains in force for one year beginning with the date on which it is granted or on which its renewal takes effect.
(4A) Where a licence has been renewed after the time when the licence would (but for subsection (5)) expire, the licence is deemed to have been renewed at the time when the licence would have expired and shall be taken to have effect as if renewed at that time.
(5) Where an application for the renewal of a licence has been made within the time allowed by section 25(2) but, at the time when the licence would (but for this subsection) expire, the Commission has not determined the application, the licence shall continue in force by virtue of this subsection (but subject to this Act) until whichever of the following events last occurs:
(a) the Commission renews or refuses to renew the licence;
(b) where it refuses to renew it -
(i) the period allowed by or under section 36 for appealing to the Tribunal expires without an appeal having been lodged; or
(ii) where an appeal to the Tribunal is lodged, it is withdrawn or, if it proceeds to a hearing, the Commission renews the licence pursuant to a direction of the Tribunal or, on reconsideration of its refusal pursuant to such a direction, renews the licence or again refuses to renew it;
(c) where the Commission has refused to renew the licence, and the Tribunal has affirmed the Commission's decision -
(i) the period allowed by section 40 for appealing to the Supreme Court expires without an appeal having been brought; or
(ii) where an appeal to the Supreme Court is brought it is either withdrawn or finally disposed of.
(6) Where the Commission has refused to renew a licence and, at the time when the licence would (but for this subsection) expire, the licensee has a right of appeal under this Part to the Tribunal or the Supreme Court, the licence shall continue in force by virtue of this subsection (but subject to this Act) until whichever of the events specified in subsection (5)(b) and (c) last occurs.
(7) A manager's licence granted or renewed in respect of a business during the term of the operator's licence relating to that business expires at the end of that term.