Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations10. Requirements for execution of works
(1) Where the council requires work to be carried out by the owner or occupier of land, the council, an authorised person, or an officer or employee authorised in that behalf may, by written notice served on the owner or occupier, require the owner or occupier at his or her own expense to execute the work or to cause it to be executed, and to do anything incidental to the work:
(a) in or of the materials;
(b) within the period;
(c) in the manner; and
(d) in the area,
specified in the notice.
(2) The council may require that work done in pursuance of a notice served under clause (1) is executed by qualified or licensed persons only.
(3) The council may, when serving a notice under clause (1), indicate that the council will, if requested, carry out the works referred to in the notice at the expense of the person on whom the notice is served.
(4) Without limiting the generality of the powers conferred on the council or other person under clause (1), the power to direct the manner of execution of work shall include the power to require the person carrying out the work to pay to the council, or enter into a bond for payment to the council of, such amount as the council thinks fit to provide security against costs that it may incur as a result of the execution of the work.