Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if a person:
(a) wishes to make a submission in relation to a declaration application; but
(b) does not wish to be present at the hearing for the declaration application because the person reasonably believes he or she may be subjected to action comprising or involving injury, damage, loss, intimidation or harassment in reprisal for making the submission.
(2) The Supreme Court may allow the person to make a submission to the Court in private in the absence of the parties to the proceedings, their representatives and the public (a protected submission ).
(3) If a protected submission is made, the Supreme Court must take steps to maintain the confidentiality of the submission.
(4) Despite subsections (2) and (3):
(a) the registrar must advise the Commissioner and Attorney-General about a protected submission before it is made; and
(b) the Commissioner and Attorney-General are entitled to be present when the submission is made.
(5) In this section, a reference to the Commissioner or the Attorney-General includes a legal practitioner representing the Commissioner or the Attorney-General or both.