Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations(1) An application under section 41(1) of the Act for a permit to construct or alter a dam, water storage or water control structure (a permit to construct or alter works ) must be in accordance with the approved form.
(2) The Controller may publish in a newspaper circulating in the locality where it is proposed to carry out the work a notice that the application has been made.
(3) The newspaper notice must include the following details:
(a) a description of the relevant land;
(b) the person to whom enquiries about the application may be directed;
(c) the way in which objections to the granting of the permit to construct or alter works may be made.
(4) The costs of publishing the newspaper notice must be met by the applicant for the permit to construct or alter works.
(5) If a newspaper notice is published, the Controller must give a copy of the notice to the owners and occupiers of land upstream or downstream of the relevant land that the Controller considers may be affected by the grant of the permit to construct or alter works.
(6) Subregulation (2) does not apply if the application is for the renewal of an existing permit to construct or alter works and is made not later than 1 month before the date on which the existing permit is due to expire.
(7) A permit to construct or alter works must be in the approved form.