Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

REFERENDUMS ACT - SECT 63

    (1)     A notice of the lodging of a petition and a copy of the petition must be served on the Chief Electoral Officer.

    (2)     If the Chief Electoral Officer proposes to contest the petition, he or she must, not later than 7 days after the service or any further time that is allowed by the Tribunal, lodge a reply to the petition with the Master and the petitioner.

    (3)     A reply to the petition is to:

        (a)     set out the facts on which the Chief Electoral Officer proposes to reply;

        (b)     ask for the relief to which the Chief Electoral Officer claims to be entitled; and

        (c)     be signed by the Chief Electoral Officer.