Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts30. Application for review
(1) Subject to subsection (2), a person aggrieved by an action or decision under this Act (other than section 93(3)) of the Controller, or under section 5(6) of the Minister, may apply to the Minister to review the matter.
(2) An application under this section shall be made in the prescribed manner and form.
(3) Subject to this Act, the Minister may:
(a) in the case of an application against an action or decision of the Controller:
(i) uphold the action or decision;
(ii) substitute for the decision the decision that, in the opinion of the Minister, the Controller should have made in the first instance; or
(iii) refer a matter back to the Controller for reconsideration of the action or decision with or without directions about new matters that the Controller shall take into account in that reconsideration; or
(b) in any case, refer the matter to the Review Panel with the request that it advise the Minister within the time indicated on what action the Minister should take in relation to the matter.
(4) Where a matter has been referred under subsection (3)(b) to the Review Panel, the Review Panel shall consider it and advise the Minister accordingly and the Minister shall take such action under subsection (3)(a)(i) or (ii) as he or she thinks fit.