Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations(1) If:
(a) a person has been found guilty of an offence and the trial Judge has made orders consequential on that finding; and
(b) an appeal is instituted:
(i) under Chapter 2 by the person found guilty; or
(ii) under section 414 of the Criminal Code by a Crown Law Officer within the meaning of the Code,
the court of trial may, on written application:
(c) make orders suspending or refusing to suspend the consequential orders pending the determination of the appeal;
(d) make orders or give directions in relation to the effect of the consequential orders pending the determination of the appeal; or
(e) make orders or give directions in relation to the vesting, preservation or disposal of the property to which the consequential orders relate,
on the terms the court thinks fit.
(2) An application under subrule (1) is to be in accordance with Form 81A-E.
(3) If, on a finding of guilt, the trial Judge orders under a law in force in the Territory that any property, matter or thing be destroyed or forfeited, subject to subrule (1)(e), the order is suspended until:
(a) the appeal period expires; or
(b) if an appeal is lodged – the period of 28 days after the determination of the appeal expires.
(4) If:
(a) a person has been found guilty of an offence; and
(b) a claim may be made or proceedings taken against that person or another person as a result of that finding,
that claim may not be made or those proceedings taken until:
(c) the appeal period expires;
(d) if an appeal is lodged – the period of 28 days after the date of the determination of the appeal expires; or
(e) after a later date ordered by the trial Judge.
(5) A person affected by an order to which this rule applies, may, with the leave of the Court of Criminal Appeal, be heard on the final determination of an appeal before the order is varied or annulled by that Court.