Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts48. Codes of practice
(1) The licensing authority may with the approval of the Minister, and shall if the Minister so directs, prepare and submit to the Minister for consideration a draft code of practice in respect of a category of licence.
(2) For the purpose of preparing a draft code of practice, the licensing authority shall -
(a) arrange for consultation with, and invite submissions from, such persons and organisations as, in the opinion of the licensing authority, would have an interest in the terms of the proposed code; and
(b) give notice in a newspaper circulating in the Territory that a draft code is to be prepared and invite members of the public to make written submissions as to what its terms should be.
(3) If the licensing authority is satisfied that security providers, or a category of security providers, have, in consultation with organisations representing consumers and other interested persons, agreed to abide by a particular code of practice in their dealings with or in relation to consumers and the public, the licensing authority may submit the code to the Minister for consideration, together with any recommendations by the licensing authority with respect to amendments to the code.
(4) The Minister may approve a code of practice in respect of a category of licence.
(5) The Minister shall, as soon as practicable after approving a code of practice under subsection (4), give notice of the approval in the Gazette , specifying where the code may be viewed or purchased.
(6) A code of practice comes into operation on the date on which the relevant notice is published in the Gazette under subsection (5), or, where a later date is specified in the notice, that date.
(7) The licensing authority shall make copies of codes of practice available for viewing and purchase by the public.