Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations(1) A person must not organise or promote an event on a road or public place unless:
(a) the event is an authorised event or exempt event; or
(b) bicycles are the only vehicles to take part in the event.
(1A) A person must not take part in an event on a road or public place unless the event is an authorised event or exempt event.
(1B) A person must not attend as a spectator at an event on a road or public place unless the event is an authorised event or exempt event.
(2) An application for a permit is to be made to the Director.
(3) The person who applies for a permit under subregulation (2) must:
(a) give public notice of the application, by the means that the Director requires, not less than 7 days before the date of the event; and
(b) obtain the consent in writing of:
(i) the competent authority in respect of the road on which the event is to be held; and
(ii) the Commissioner.
(4) The Director may grant a permit on being satisfied that:
(a) subregulation (3) has been complied with; and
(b) persons on or in the vicinity of the road on which the event is to be held will not be endangered or unduly inconvenienced by the event.
(5) If the Director grants a permit, the Director may:
(a) impose conditions relating to the holding of the event that the Director thinks fit; and
(b) exempt a person taking part in the event from the requirements of these Regulations that are specified in the permit.
(6) The person granted a permit must:
(a) attend the event in respect of which the permit is granted; and
(b) on demand by a member of the Police Force:
(i) produce the permit; and
(ii) provide the member with the person's name and address.
(7) A person taking part in an event for which a permit has been granted does not commit an offence against these Regulations while taking part in the event in accordance with the conditions or exemptions, if any, imposed or given under subregulation (5).
(8) A person must comply with the conditions of a permit.
(9) In this regulation:
"authorised event" means an event:
(a) to which section 43A of the Act applies; or
(b) for which a permit has been granted under this regulation.
"event" means:
(a) a speed trial or race between vehicles; or
(b) a bicycle trial.
"exempt event" means any of the following events:
(a) the World Solar Challenge;
(b) the Finke Desert Race;
(c) the Australian Safari;
(d) the London to Sydney marathon.
"road" includes a road-related area.
"speed trial" means:
(a) any attempt to establish or break a vehicle speed record of any description;
(b) any trial of any description of the speed of a vehicle; or
(c) any competitive trial of any description designed to test the skill of any driver or the reliability or mechanical condition of any vehicle.