Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The reviewer may, by written notice, require a costs assessor, a law practice or another person (such as an applicant or an associate of a law practice) to produce to the reviewer any document in his or her possession relating to an assessment of costs by a costs assessor.
(2) If a person fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a notice under this section, the reviewer may decline to deal with an application for review or may continue to deal with it on the basis of the information provided.
(3) A costs assessor must retain in the assessor's possession any document relating to a costs assessment (other than a document that is returned to a party to the assessment) until whichever of the following happens first:
(a) the period of 12 months has elapsed since the issue of a certificate under section 345 specifying the determination of the costs assessor;
(b) the assessor receives a notice under subsection (1) in relation to the document.
(4) A law practice or associate of a law practice must retain in his or her possession any document relating to a costs assessment that is returned to the practice or associate by the costs assessor until whichever of the following happens first:
(a) the period of 12 months has elapsed since the issue of a certificate under section 345 specifying the determination of the assessor;
(b) the practice or associate receives a notice under subsection (1) in relation to the document.
(5) A contravention of this section by an Australian legal practitioner is capable of being professional misconduct.