Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A waste discharge licence may be subject to a condition that the licensee must, at the licensee's own expense, conduct a monitoring program designed to provide the Controller with information about the characteristics, volume and effects of any waste or water in respect of which the licence is issued.
(2) All data and information recorded in a program referred to in subsection (1) must be supplied to the Controller at such times and in such form, and after such analysis, if any, as is prescribed or is specified in the licence document.
(3) Without limiting the generality of section 20, the Controller may enter and remain on land, other than a dwelling house, for the purpose of:
(a) examining and inspecting any apparatus, equipment or works used for or in connection with the discharge or treatment of waste; or
(b) taking and removing samples, of water or waste that is being or is likely to be, or is of a kind that is usually, discharged from the land, or of water into which such water or waste is being or is likely to be discharged; or
(c) taking and removing such samples, and making such examinations and inquiries and tests on the samples, as the Controller considers necessary to ascertain whether this Act is being complied with.