Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations(1) The relevant entity must either issue or refuse to issue the contestable customer certificate within 14 days after receiving all necessary information relevant to the application.
(2) The relevant entity must issue the contestable customer certificate if satisfied that the customer is a contestable customer as determined by regulation 6 with respect to the site or sites.
(3) If the relevant entity does not issue a contestable customer certificate within the relevant period, it is to be taken to have refused to issue the certificate.
(4) In subregulation (3), relevant period means the first of the following periods to end:
(a) one month after the relevant entity receives all necessary information relevant to the application;
(b) 3 months after the application was made.