Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations(1) The council may adopt a plan or system of numbering areas of land on a road and may, in accordance with that plan or system of numbering:
(a) affix a number on a house or building or a front gate or fence on land adjoining a road or such designated part of the road as is adopted in its plan or system; or
(b) by notice in writing, require the owner or occupier of land adjoining a road included in the plan or system of numbering to affix, in accordance with the terms of the notice, a number on a house or building or a front gate or fence on the land or such designated part of the road as is adopted in its plan or system.
(2) The council may, from time to time, alter the plan or system of numbering referred to in clause (1) and may:
(a) replace the number affixed under that clause with a new number; or
(b) by notice in writing, require the owner or occupier of land adjoining a road to affix, in accordance with the terms of the notice, a new number on a house or building, or a front gate or fence on the land or such designated part of the road as is adopted in its plan or system.
(3) A person who has affixed a number under clause (1) and who is required to replace or affix a number in accordance with clause (2) may obtain the number free of charge from the council.
(4) An owner or occupier of land shall, within 7 days after the date specified in a notice served on that person by the council under clause (1)(b) or (2)(b), affix the number specified in the notice.
(5) Where an owner or occupier of land fails within the time specified in clause (4) to affix a number, the council may, in accordance with section 116 of the Act, enter the land in respect of which a notice has been served under this by-law and affix the required number, and the expense of so doing may be recovered from the person on whom the notice was served as a debt due and payable to the council.