Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts50. Review of decisions of Director
(1) A person aggrieved by a decision of the Director -
(a) refusing an application for a licence or permit or the renewal or transfer of a licence, or imposing or varying a condition of a licence or permit;
(b) refusing an application under section 33(3); or
(c) cancelling or suspending a licence or permit under section 20(2) or (3),
may apply to the Local Court for a review of the decision.
(1A) Also, a person aggrieved by a prescribed decision may apply to the Local Court for a review of the decision.
(2) If a person is entitled to have a decision of a delegate reviewed by the Director or a designated person under section 11A, then, before making an application under subsection (1) or (1A), that person shall first exhaust the remedy under section 11A.
(3) The application for review shall be made within 28 days after the day on which notice of the decision (or in a case referred to in subsection (2), within 28 days after the decision on the review under section 11(13)) was served on the applicant, but the Local Court may, if it is satisfied that it is just and reasonable in the circumstances to do so, extend the time in which the application may be made.
(4) The Local Court may, on the review -
(a) confirm the decision subject to review;
(b) substitute, or make in addition, any decision that should, in the opinion of the court, have been made in the first instance; or
(c) make any further or other order as to costs or any other matter that the case requires.
(5) The application shall be made in accordance with the rules of the Local Court.
(6) The Director shall, if required by any person affected by a decision referred to in subsection (1), state in writing the reasons for the decision.
(7) If the reasons of the Director are not given in writing at the time of making a decision and the person in relation to whom it was made then requested the Director to state the reasons in writing, the time for making an application for review shall run from the time of service upon that person of the written statement of those reasons.
(8) Where the Director or the Local Court is satisfied that an application for review of a decision mentioned in subsection (1)(c) or (1A) has been instituted or is intended, the Director or the Local Court may suspend the operation of the decision until the completion of the review.
(9) Where the Director has suspended the operation of a decision under subsection (8), the Director may terminate the suspension, and where the Local Court has done so, the Local Court may terminate the suspension.
(10) No appeal shall lie against a decision of a Local Court made upon a review.