Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) An environmental approval relating to an action expires if the approval holder does not take a required step or the required steps specified in the approval in relation to the action within:
(a) the time specified in the approval; or
(b) that time as extended by the Minister on an application under this section.
(2) In determining a time under subsection (1), the Minister may have regard to any matters the Minister considers relevant including the following:
(a) the complexity of the action and the environment affected;
(b) the likelihood of significant change to the environment;
(c) the extent to which the approval holder is required to take the action;
(d) whether the environmental approval is granted on the basis of a strategic assessment.
(3) An approval holder may apply to the Minister to extend the time specified for taking a step in relation to an action.
(4) The Minister may grant an extension of time before, or within 12 weeks after, the time specified in the approval for taking the step.
(5) If a time is extended under subsection (4):
(a) the extension is taken to have effect from the end of the time specified for taking the step or that time as previously extended; and
(b) the environmental approval is taken not to have expired.