Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts29AJ. Interested parties for proceedings
(1) This section applies if, in relation to an offender, the Commissioner of Police intends to apply for an impounding order or forfeiture order.
(2) The Commissioner of Police must, before the offender is sentenced for the offence to which the proposed order relates, give written notice of that intention to the following:
(a) the Registrar;
(b) if the vehicle is registered - the registered owner and registered operator of the motor vehicle;
(c) if the Commissioner knows the identity of the owner of the vehicle (whether or not the vehicle is registered) - that owner;
(d) if the Commissioner knows the identity of a person who is the spouse or de facto partner of a person mentioned in paragraph (b) or (c) - that person;
(e) for an application for a forfeiture order - anyone whose interest in the vehicle is recorded in the Register of Interests in Motor Vehicles and Other Goods maintained under section 6 of the Registration of Interests in Motor Vehicles and Other Goods Act .
(3) A person notified under subsection (2), or anyone else claiming to have an interest in the motor vehicle, has a right to be heard in the proceedings for the application.