Northern Territory Numbered Acts

PLANNING AMENDMENT ACT 2020 (NO 19 OF 2020) - SECT 25

After section 37, in Part 4, Division 1

insert

37A     Application for certificate

    (1)     An owner of land may apply to the consent authority for a certificate certifying the extent to which:

    (a)     a current use of the land is an existing use; and

    (b)     a building or work is an existing building or existing work.

    (2)     The application must be in the approved form and accompanied by the prescribed fee.

37B     Decision to issue certificate

    (1)     After considering an application under section 37A, the consent authority must:

    (a)     issue the certificate; or

    (b)     refuse to issue the certificate.

    (2)     The consent authority may:

    (a)     describe, in the certificate, the nature and extent of the existing use, existing building or existing work; and

    (b)     make the certificate subject to terms and conditions; and

    (c)     provide for exceptions or limitations on the certificate.

    (3)     If the consent authority refuses to issue the certificate, it must give the applicant notice of the decision with reasons for the refusal.

    (4)     A certificate issued under this section is evidence of the facts certified as at the date specified in the certificate.