Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) For the purpose of the Court exercising the jurisdiction conferred on the Court by this or any other Act, the Chief Magistrate, within the meaning of the Magistrates Act , may make rules and give practice directions doing any or all of the following:
(a) regulating the practice and procedures of the Court;
(b) regulating the enforcement of an order of the Court;
(c) regulating and prescribing all matters and things incidental or relating to court practice or procedure or enforcement,
as the Chief Magistrate considers necessary or convenient for the conduct of the business of the Court.
(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the Rules may do any or all of the following:
(a) prescribe fees, costs and charges in respect of a proceeding in the Court;
(b) enable the hearing of a proceeding to be conducted by telephone or closed circuit television;
(c) provide for officers of the Court and their functions and may confer a discretionary authority on an officer or class of officers;
(d) provide for the exemption of a person or proceeding, or a class of persons or proceedings, from the application of the Rules or a particular rule;
(e) provide for matters to facilitate the conducting of joint preliminary examinations under section 105B of this Act and section 56B of the Youth Justice Act .
(3) The Rules may impose or confer on a clerk the functions and powers in relation to the Court and proceedings before the Court and a clerk is to perform those functions and may exercise those powers accordingly.
(4) Subject to this Act and the Regulations, the practice and procedures of the Court in relation to a proceeding within its jurisdiction are in the discretion of the Court.
(5) In this section:
"Court" includes a Justice exercising a function under Part V in relation to a preliminary examination.