Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations(1) A public sector organisation must if requested, and may otherwise, give an applicant a written estimate of the processing fee for the application.
(2) The notice is to state the following:
(a) the amount of the estimate;
(b) how that amount was calculated;
(c) the applicant may consult with a specified officer or employee of the public sector organisation with a view to amending the application to reduce the processing fee;
(d) the applicant may seek a re-calculation of the amount of the estimate on the ground that it has been incorrectly calculated;
(e) the applicant may seek a waiver or reduction of the processing fee;
(f) the amount of the deposit (if any) the applicant is required to pay for the processing fee;
(g) within 30 days after being given the estimate, the applicant must notify the organisation in writing that:
(i) the applicant agrees to pay the processing fee; or
(ii) the applicant withdraws the application; or
(iii) the applicant seeks to have the amount of the estimate re-calculated or the processing fee waived or reduced and the grounds for seeking the re-calculation, waiver or reduction;
(h) if the applicant does not notify the organisation in accordance with paragraph (g), the application will be treated as having been withdrawn.
(3) If the applicant does not notify the public sector organisation in accordance with subregulation (2)(g), the application is taken to have been withdrawn.