Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) If the NT EPA gives advice to the Minister under section 25 , the Minister must, as soon as practicable, but within 6 months, after receiving the advice:
(a) give the NT EPA a written response to the advice; and
(b) if the Minister has not followed, and does not intend to follow, the advice – include in the response reasons why the Minister has not followed, and does not intend to follow, the advice.
(2) The NT EPA may make copies of the written response available to the public in the way it considers appropriate.
(3) However, the NT EPA must withhold from the public information of a commercially confidential nature.