Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations(1) A party must serve copies of all medical reports that the party is required to serve in accordance with these Rules at the time or times as directed by a Judge, an Associate Judge or the Registrar.
(3) Unless the Court otherwise orders, a party who, after the day on which he served medical reports under subrule (1) or (2), obtains possession, custody or power of a medical report a copy of which he is required to serve in accordance with rule 33.07 shall serve a copy of the report on each other party who has an address for service within 14 days after obtaining the report and not later than 42 days before the day fixed for trial or, where the place of trial is a place other than Darwin, not later than 42 days before the commencement of the sittings at that place during which the proceeding has been set down for trial.
(4) Where a defendant who has served on the plaintiff a copy of a medical report of an examination of the plaintiff made under rule 33.04 obtains from the medical expert who made the examination a further report of the examination, the defendant shall without delay:
(a) if the further report was in writing – serve a copy on the plaintiff; and
(b) if the further report was oral – give the plaintiff notice in writing of its substance.
(5) Except with the leave of the Court or by consent of the parties, a party shall not except in cross-examination adduce evidence from a medical expert on medical matters unless the evidence is disclosed by a copy of a medical report served in accordance with this Order.