Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts36. Costs of parties to payment disputes
(1) The parties to a payment dispute bear their own costs in relation to an adjudication of the dispute (including the costs the parties are liable to pay under section 46).
(2) However, if an appointed adjudicator is satisfied a party to a payment dispute incurred costs of the adjudication because of frivolous or vexatious conduct on the part of, or unfounded submissions by, another party, the adjudicator may decide that the other party must pay some or all of those costs.
(3) If an appointed adjudicator makes a decision under subsection (2), the adjudicator must -
(a) decide the amount of the costs and the date on which the amount is payable; and
(b) give written notice of the decisions and the reasons for them to the parties.
(4) Divisions 4 and 5 apply (with the necessary changes) to a decision made under subsection (2) as if it were a determination of an appointed adjudicator.