Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Where the Commissioner or prescribed member is satisfied with the response provided by a member served with a notice under section 84F, the Commissioner or prescribed member shall take no further action on the matter.
(2) Where a member served with a notice under section 84F admits the breach of discipline or does not respond to the notice within the period specified in the notice, the Commissioner or prescribed member may:
(a) take no further action on the matter;
(b) counsel and caution the member;
(c) cause the member to be formally cautioned in writing; or
(d) where the Commissioner or prescribed member considers the breach of discipline is of such a serious nature that action under paragraph (a), (b) or (c) is not appropriate:
(i) in the case of the Commissioner – take such action under section 84D as the Commissioner thinks appropriate as if the Commissioner had received a report prepared under section 84C(1)(b); or
(ii) in the case of the prescribed member:
(A) take such action in relation to, or impose such a fine on, the member as the prescribed member has power to take or impose under this Act; or
(B) report the breach of discipline to the Commissioner recommending a course of action that the Commissioner might consider taking under section 84D.
(3) Where a member served with a notice under section 84F:
(a) does not respond to the notice within the period specified in the notice and the Commissioner or prescribed member does not consider action under subsection (2) is appropriate;
(b) responds to the notice within the period specified but does not admit the breach of discipline; or
(c) provides an explanation that the Commissioner or prescribed member does not consider satisfactory,
the Commissioner or prescribed member may arrange for an investigation to be carried out by a member or members to determine whether the member has in fact committed a breach of discipline.