Northern Territory Numbered Acts

JUSTICE AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2021 (NO 7 OF 2021) - SECT 18

After section 70, in Part 6, Division 1

insert

70A     Review of decision of judicial registrar

    (1)     This section applies if a judicial registrar makes a decision in proceedings in the exercise of the jurisdiction of the Court.

    (2)     A party to the proceedings may appeal against the decision to the Court constituted by a Judge.

    (3)     The appeal must be commenced within 14 days after the judicial registrar's decision was made.

    (4)     The Court may extend the period mentioned in subsection (3), and may do so even if that period has expired.

    (5)     Unless the Court orders otherwise, an appeal does not operate as a stay of the judicial registrar's decision.

    (6)     The appeal is to be by way of a new hearing of the issue that was before the judicial registrar.