Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts26. More time may be required to make decision
(1) If the public sector organisation decides that it requires more than the 30 days referred to in section 19(1) to make a decision about the application, the organisation must include in the notice of decision under section 20 a statement to that effect specifying:
(a) the reasons why more time is required; and
(b) the period within which the applicant will receive a further notice under section 19(1)(b) in respect of the application.
(2) The public sector organisation may require more time because:
(a) the application relates to a large amount of information;
(b) extensive searches are required to locate the information to which the application relates;
(c) complying with the 30-day period would unreasonably interfere with the conduct of the operations of the organisation; or
(d) the information includes information about a third party under section 30 and further time is required to seek the third party's views under that section.