Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Before making legal profession rules, the Law Society must:
(a) arrange for consultation with and invite submissions from:
(i) the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; and
(ii) the President of the Northern Territory Bar Association Incorporated; and
(iii) persons who, in the opinion of the Society, would have an interest in the rules; and
(iv) persons, or a class of persons, prescribed by the regulations; and
(b) give notice in a newspaper circulating in the Territory that rules are to be made and members of the public are invited to make written submissions to the Society about the rules.
(2) Without limiting the power of the Legislative Assembly under section 63C of the Interpretation Act 1978 , the Attorney-General may, by Gazette notice, disallow rules within 12 months after the rules are made.
(3) If rules disallowed by the Attorney-General amended or repealed rules in force immediately before the disallowed rules came into effect, the disallowance revives the amended or repealed rules from the date of the disallowance as if the disallowed rules had not been made.
(4) To avoid doubt, this section does not affect a power the Society or other professional body may otherwise have to make rules or issue directions or guidelines relating to the professional conduct of legal practitioners.