Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts9. Respondent must respond to claim
(1) A respondent given a notice of claim must give the claimant a notice of response in the form and within the period prescribed by the Rules.
(2) A notice of response is to be accompanied by the documents (if any) specified by the Rules.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), the period prescribed by the Rules includes an extension of that period granted by the court on application by the respondent.
(4) A statement in a response under subsection (1) to the effect that the person responding to the claim has been properly identified as the respondent is not an admission of the person's liability in respect of the claim.