Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Within 5 business days after receiving a condition report under section 25, the tenant may:
(a) accept the report by signing it and returning it to the landlord; or
(b) mark the modifications the tenant thinks fit on the report, initial the modifications and return the report to the landlord.
(2) If a tenant does not take action under subsection (1) within the time specified in that subsection, the tenant is to be taken to have accepted the condition report.
(3) Within 5 business days after a landlord receives a condition report modified by the tenant under subsection (1)(b), the landlord may:
(a) accept the report as modified by the tenant by initialling the modifications and, without making further modifications, return a copy of the report to the tenant; or
(b) reach agreement with the tenant as to the contents of the report and accept the report by having both parties initial all modifications to the report that are accepted by them; or
(c) apply to the Tribunal under section 27.
(4) If, within the period referred to in subsection (3), the landlord does not take action under that subsection and the tenant does not apply to the Tribunal under section 27, the landlord is taken to have accepted the condition report as modified by the tenant.