Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts30. Application to Supreme Court
(1) Where, in the course of an investigation under this Act, the question arises whether the Ombudsman has jurisdiction to conduct the investigation, the Ombudsman, the complainant or the person or body the subject of the investigation may make an application to a Judge for a determination of that question, and on the application the Judge may make such orders as he considers fit.
(2) An application to which subsection (1) relates shall be made in accordance with any rules made by the Chief Judge prescribing the practice and procedure applicable to such an application, and pending the making of rules, a Judge may give such directions as to the practice and procedure applicable to an application as he thinks fit.
(3) For the purposes of this section the principal officer of the department or authority affected by the investigation shall be deemed to be a person the subject of the investigation.