Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations(1) Except in special circumstances, the Director must present an indictment to the Court in respect of an accused on the first occasion on which the accused is required to appear in court.
(2) If suitable arrangements for a videoconferencing link between the Court and a prison can be made, an accused who is on remand at the prison may be present by means of that link at an arraignment day after he or she is committed for sentence or trial.
(3) Despite subrule (2), if an accused is on remand, the accused, his or her legal representative or the Director may request that the accused attend arraignment day in person and the Court may order that the accused so attend.
(4) An accused who is present at arraignment day by means of a videoconferencing link is not to be required to plead.
(5) If a matter before the Court on an arraignment day has been allocated a date for trial or hearing of submissions on a point of law or evidence, the Court may confirm, change or vacate that date.
(6) In addition to any other powers that the Court has in relation to a matter on an arraignment day, the Court has the powers and functions of a Judge at a pre-trial hearing.