Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A person given notice of the application may contest the application by filing a reply with the Associate Judge and giving a copy of the reply to the applicant.
(2) The person must comply with subsection (1) not later than 7 days after the person receives the notice or the further time the Court of Disputed Returns allows.
(3) The reply must:
(a) state the facts on which the person proposes to reply; and
(b) ask for the relief to which the person claims to be entitled; and
(c) be signed by the person; and
(d) if the reply is by a person other than the Commission – be signed by 2 witnesses whose occupations and addresses are stated.