Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations(1) A taxi driver must immediately after the completion of a hiring or any termination of a hiring, immediately search the taxi to ascertain whether a passenger has left any property in the taxi.
(2) If as a result of the search carried out under subregulation (1) a taxi driver discovers an article that appears to have been left by a passenger the taxi driver must:
(a) immediately call the hirer and return the article to the hirer; and
(b) if the return of the article under paragraph (a) has not been successful, deliver the article to the nearest police station as soon as is practicable.