Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations(1) A respondent must file and serve a notice of contention, not a notice of cross-appeal, if the respondent contends that a matter of fact or law was erroneously decided against the respondent, but does not seek a discharge or variation of the decision being appealed from.
(2) A notice of contention must be filed and served within 14 days after the day the notice of appeal is served on the respondent.
(3) The respondent must give written notice to the appellant of the record of evidence or documents before the court or tribunal below, relevant to the respondent's notice of contention, for inclusion in the appellant's draft index of appeal book.