Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts29AN. Registrar's obligations
(1) The Registrar must, on request of a police officer, give the officer all information held by the Registrar about a motor vehicle to which any of the following relates:
(a) an impounding determination, impounding order or forfeiture order;
(b) an application that has been made for an impounding order or forfeiture order.
(2) In addition, the Registrar must not cancel or change the registration of the motor vehicle during the following periods:
(a) if the Registrar is given a copy of the impounding determination under section 29AD(4) for the vehicle - the period of 28 days starting from the date of the notice;
(b) if the Commissioner of Police has made an application for an impounding order or forfeiture order for the vehicle - the period starting on the day the Registrar is given a notice under section 29AJ(2) in relation to the application and ending on the day the application is decided by a court.
(3) This section does not prevent the Registrar from:
(a) renewing the registration of the motor vehicle without changing the registration of the ownership of the vehicle; or
(b) changing the registration of the motor vehicle because it is repossessed or sold by a credit provider as mentioned in section 29AO.