Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations90. Excavations
(1) It is an offence for a person, without a permit, to excavate a trench through or under a road or footpath or other public place.
(2) It is an offence for a person, without a permit, to carry out excavation on land abutting a public place where the excavation:
(a) encroaches or may encroach on the public place; or
(b) is such that if it were to subside or the wall of the excavation were to collapse the excavation or the excavated material would encroach on the public place.
(3) An offence under this by-law is a regulatory offence.