Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts60. Grant of licence to take ground water
(1) Subject to this Act, the Controller may, of his or her own motion or on application in the prescribed manner and form, grant to a person a licence in the prescribed form to take water from a bore.
(2) A licence may be granted under subsection (1) subject to such terms and conditions, if any, as are specified in the licence document.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), a licence shall be granted for such period, not exceeding 10 years, as is specified in the licence document.
(4) The Controller may, where in the opinion of the Minister there are special circumstances that justify so granting the licence, grant a licence for such period exceeding 10 years as is specified in the licence document.