Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered ActsSection 115
repeal, insert
(1) A person who made an application under section 73(3) may apply to the Tribunal for a review of a refusal under that section to refund or remit all or part of a contribution otherwise payable by the person under Part 6.
(2) An application under subsection (1) must be made within 28 days after the applicant is notified in writing of the refusal.
(3) If the person's application under section 73(3) is not determined within 84 days of being received:
(a) the local authority or service authority is taken to have refused to refund or remit any of the contribution otherwise payable by the person; and
(b) the person may apply to the Tribunal for a review at any time after the expiry of those 84 days and before the matter is determined by the local authority or service authority.
(4) Despite subsection (3)(a), the application may be determined under section 73 any time before the Tribunal determines the review.
(5) If the application is determined in accordance with subsection (4), the applicant may:
(a) abandon the application for review to the Tribunal under this section; or
(b) continue the application for review in relation to the actual determination of the local authority or service authority.
(6) The Tribunal must refund to the applicant all fees paid in respect of any abandoned application for review.