Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts37. Evidentiary value of certificates of completion and amounts payable
(1) This section applies if -
(a) the construction contract to which a payment dispute relates provides for a person to certify -
(i) obligations under the contract have been performed; or
(ii) the amount of a payment that must be made by a party; and
(b) the certificate is provided by a party to an adjudication in the course of adjudication.
(2) For the adjudication -
(a) if the certificate relates to the final amount payable under the contract and has the effect of finalising the contract - the certificate is taken to be conclusive evidence of its contents; or
(b) otherwise - the certificate has the evidentiary weight the appointed adjudicator considers appropriate.