Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts38. Procedure generally
(1) In exercising their respective functions under this Part, the Commission and the Tribunal -
(a) must act fairly and according to equity and good conscience, without regard to technicalities and legal forms;
(b) are not required to conduct matters formally; and
(c) are not bound by any rules or practice as to evidence, but may each inform itself in relation to any matter in such manner as it thinks fit.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1)(a), the Commission and the Tribunal -
(a) are not required to hear any person other than a person appearing to the Commission or the Tribunal to have a direct interest in the matter to be decided by the Commission or, as the case may be, the subject matter of the appeal to the Tribunal;
(b) may determine the manner in which a person is to be heard; and
(c) are not required to inform a person of anything relating to a matter before the Commission or Tribunal which the Commission or Tribunal, in its absolute discretion, regards as being of a confidential nature.