Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts85. Conduct of hearing other than by Commissioner
(1) Where the Commissioner has personally conducted the investigation of a complaint under Division 2 or taken part in the conciliation process of a complaint under Division 3 the Commissioner shall not conduct the hearing of the complaint under this Division and the Minister shall appoint a person to conduct the hearing of the complaint.
(1A) Where, in the opinion of the Minister it is reasonable to do so, the Minister may appoint a person to conduct the hearing of a complaint instead of the Commissioner.
(2) A person appointed under this section may, in respect of the hearing of the complaint for which the person is appointed, exercise the powers and perform the functions of the Commissioner and, for the purposes of the hearing, shall be deemed to be the Commissioner.