Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) If a party does not respond to an application for the recovery of a debt or other fixed sum of money owed, the Tribunal may make a decision against the party and order payment of the debt or sum.
(2) A decision must not be made under subsection (1) unless:
(a) the applicant files an unattested declaration declaring, to the best of the applicant's knowledge, information and belief:
(i) the amount of the debt or other fixed sum of money that remains due and owing as at the date of the declaration; and
(ii) the amounts and dates of any payments made in relation to the amount due and owing since the date of the application; and
(b) the Tribunal is satisfied that the application set out the claim in terms that were reasonably clear.