Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A witness summoned to attend before the Minister shall be paid fees in accordance with the scale of fees payable in respect of attendance before the Supreme Court or, in special circumstances, such fees as the Minister directs.
(2) The fees are payable by the person at whose request the summons was issued or, if the summons was issued otherwise than at the request of a person, by the Territory, and may be recovered as a debt in a court of competent jurisdiction.