Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) Subject to this section, a person may request the Electrical Safety Regulator to bring a prosecution if:
(a) the person believes on reasonable grounds that the occurrence of an act, matter or thing constitutes a category 1 offence, category 2 offence or category 3 offence; and
(b) no prosecution for the offence is brought within 6 months of the occurrence.
(2) No request may be made more than 12 months after the occurrence of the act, matter or thing.
(3) The request must be in writing and specify:
(a) the particulars of the occurrence of the act, matter or thing; and
(b) the grounds for the belief that the offence occurred.
(4) The request may include the prosecution of more than one offence if the offences all relate to the same occurrence of the act, matter or thing.
(5) Within 3 months after receiving the request, the Electrical Safety Regulator must give written notice of the request to the following:
(a) the person who made the request;
(b) any person alleged to be responsible for the occurrence of the act, matter or thing.
(6) The notice must include the following particulars:
(a) the status of any investigation into the occurrence of the act, matter or thing;
(b) the status of any prosecution in relation to the occurrence;
(c) if no investigation is being conducted or if no prosecution is being brought – the reasons why not.
(7) The Electrical Safety Regulator may publish the information referred to in subsection (6) on the Electrical Safety Regulator's website.
(8) The Electrical Safety Regulator need not give the notice under subsection (5) if the request relates to an occurrence about which information is published on the Electrical Safety Regulator's website.
(9) The Electrical Safety Regulator must not state, to any person referred to in subsection (5), a view that is contrary to the views of the Director of Public Prosecutions on the merits of a prosecution in relation to the occurrence.
(10) In this section, a reference to the occurrence of an act, matter or thing includes a reference to a failure in relation to an act, matter or thing.