Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations(1) The Director, on receiving an application under regulation 5, may, subject to these Regulations, grant or refuse to grant, or extend or refuse to extend, as the case may be, a permit.
(2) A permit shall be in a form approved by the Director.
(3) A permit shall not be granted or renewed if the vessel in respect of which the application relates does not comply with the requirements of regulation 8(3).
(4) The Director may refuse to grant or extend a permit where the Director is satisfied that the applicant is:
(a) not a fit and proper person to hold, or to continue to hold, as the case may be, a permit; or
(b) not able to demonstrate a capacity to meet standards of safety (both of passengers and the public generally) to a degree and manner required under these Regulations for the operation of hire-and-drive vessels.
(5) Without limiting the generality of subregulation (4), the Director shall not, unless satisfied that the circumstances of a particular case warrant special consideration, grant a permit to, or extend the permit of, a person who has:
(a) had a permit that was granted to the person cancelled under these Regulations;
(b) had a certificate of competency or temporary permit to serve that was issued to the person cancelled under the Act; or
(c) been convicted of an offence against the Act or a law in force in a State or another Territory of the Commonwealth related to the regulation of shipping.
(5) A permit remains in force for such period, not longer than 5 years, as is specified in the permit and may be renewed for further periods, each not longer than 5 years.
(6) The Director may grant or extend a permit subject to such conditions, restrictions or limitations, including relating to emergency support systems, as the Director thinks fit and specifies in the permit.