Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations(1) If a Registrar is of the opinion that the payment of a fee specified in the Schedule would cause financial hardship to the party who must pay the fee, the Registrar may do one or more of the following:
(a) waive payment of the whole or part of the fee;
(b) defer payment of the whole or part of the fee;
(c) permit the party to pay the fee in instalments.
(2) The Registrar may grant a waiver or deferral or permission under subregulation (1) on conditions the Registrar considers appropriate, and may change those conditions at any time by notice to the party.
(3) The Registrar may cancel a deferral or permission at any time by notice to the party, in which case any part of the fee that remains outstanding becomes immediately payable.
(4) A party to whom a deferral or permission has been granted cannot, without leave of the Court, lodge either of the following if any part of the fee remains unpaid:
(a) an application for leave to discontinue the proceeding;
(b) if leave is not required – a notice of discontinuance of the proceeding.
(5) If an amount is not paid when it becomes due under this regulation:
(a) the party liable to pay the amount cannot take any further step in the proceeding without the leave of the Court until the amount is paid; and
(b) the amount may be recovered as a debt due to the Territory.