Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGE SERVICES ACT - SECT 10

    (1)     A person may apply to the Minister for an area to be declared:

        (a)     a water supply licence area; or

        (b)     a sewerage services licence area.

    (2)     The Minister must consider an application under subsection (1) within 2 months after it is made and may grant or refuse to grant the application.

    (3)     If the Minister grants the application, the Minister must under section 8 or 9 declare the area or a part of the area as he or she thinks fit to be a water supply licence area or sewerage services licence area, as the case may be.