Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) A statutory decision-maker may consider an application for a statutory authorisation for a referred action while an environmental impact assessment of the referred action is being carried out under this Act.
(2) A statutory decision-maker must not grant a statutory authorisation for a referred action until the later of:
(a) the determination by the NT EPA as to whether the referred action requires an environmental impact assessment under this Act; and
(b) if an environmental impact assessment is required for the referred action – the completion of the environmental impact assessment and environmental approval process for the action.
(3) Nothing in this section prevents a statutory decision-maker from granting a statutory authorisation to carry out any activity required to inform the environmental impact assessment process.