Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

NORTHERN TERRITORY CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 2014 - SECT 137

    (1)     This section applies if a person has been arrested under section 135 and the President or a Deputy President has decided under section 136:

        (a)     to release the person on conditions; or

        (b)     to refuse an application by the person for release.

    (2)     For subsection (1)(b), if an application has not been dealt with within a reasonable time, the President or Deputy President is taken to have refused it.

    (3)     The person may apply to the Supreme Court for a review of the President's or Deputy President's decision.

    (4)     On a review, the Supreme Court must do one of the following:

        (a)     confirm the decision;

        (b)     vary the decision;

        (c)     set aside the decision and substitute its own decision.

    (5)     An order made under subsection (4) is taken to be an order of the Tribunal.