Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) The Chief Minister may give a direction to a public sector entity for or with respect to the grant or issue of any relevant authorisation, or the transfer of any relevant authorisation, to a new port operator.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a direction may do any of the following:
(a) require the grant, issue or transfer to be done without an application being made or determined;
(b) displace or modify any provision of a relevant law in its application to the grant, issue or transfer;
(c) specify the terms, conditions or endorsements subject to which the relevant authorisation is to be granted, issued or transferred or that are to be attached to it.
(3) A direction for the grant or issue of a relevant authorisation may only require the grant or issue of an authorisation that:
(a) will replace a relevant authorisation that is in force immediately before the grant or issue; and
(b) is subject to terms, conditions or endorsements that are the same, or are to substantially the same effect, as those to which the replaced relevant authorisation is subject.
(4) The Chief Minister must consult with a public sector entity before giving a direction to it under this section.
(5) A public sector entity exercising functions under a relevant law must comply with a direction under this section.
(6) This section does not prevent a relevant authorisation being vested in a new port operator under a vesting order.
(7) In this section:
"relevant law "means any Act or statutory instrument under which the Darwin Port Corporation held a relevant authorisation immediately before the commencement of this Act.