Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Where a decision under this Act in relation to the provision of legal assistance or to the making of a payment in respect of costs, including a decision reconsidering or reviewing a previous decision, is made by an officer or by a Legal Aid Committee, the Commission shall, as soon as practicable after the decision is made, communicate the decision to the person who applied for the legal assistance or for the payment.
(2) Where a decision referred to in subsection (1) is a decision refusing to provide, or imposing a condition on the provision of, legal assistance under this Act, the Commission, if requested to do so, shall cause to be furnished to the person a short statement of the reasons for the decision.
(3) The communication to a person of a decision referred to in subsection (1), other than a decision in relation only to the provision of legal advice or duty lawyer services, shall be effected:
(a) where the matter to which the decision relates was dealt with on behalf of the person by a practitioner – by giving to the practitioner, or by sending to the practitioner by post to the address of the practitioner last known to the Commission, a document setting out the terms of the decision and particulars of the right of the person to have the decision reconsidered and reviewed in accordance with section 35; and
(b) in any other case – by giving such a document to the person or by sending it to the person:
(i) by post to the address of the person last known to the Commission; or
(ii) in any other way authorized by the person.