NORTHERN TERRITORY NATIONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACT 2007 (NO. 129, 2007) - SECT 125 Minister may issue guidelines about assessable matters
NORTHERN TERRITORY NATIONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACT 2007 (NO. 129, 2007) - SECT 125
Minister may issue guidelines about assessable matters(1) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, issue guidelines relating to either or both of the following:
(a) the consideration of assessable matters by authorised officers when assessing a community store under section 94;
(b) the Secretary's consideration of assessable matters when considering whether or not to grant, revoke, vary, transfer or impose conditions upon a community store licence.
(2) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, specify one or more matters to be assessable matters for the purposes of paragraph 93(1)(d).
(3) If guidelines under subsection (1) are in force, an authorised officer or the Secretary (as the case requires) must comply with the guidelines in assessing a community store or considering whether or not to grant, revoke, vary, transfer or impose conditions upon a community store licence.
(4) An authorised officer may assess a community store, and the Secretary may grant or refuse to grant, revoke, vary, transfer or impose conditions upon a community store licence, even if no guidelines are in force under subsection (1) and whether or not the Minister has specified matters under subsection (2).