Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts5. Registrar-General and Deputy Registrars-General
(1) There shall be a Registrar-General for the Northern Territory appointed by the Minister.
(1A) The Minister may appoint such persons as he or she thinks necessary to be Deputy Registrars-General.
(2) Whenever, by any law in force in the Territory, anything is appointed or authorized to be done by the Registrar-General, the same may be lawfully done by a Deputy Registrar-General.