Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) An application for the renewal of a local practising certificate must be made within:
(a) the period prescribed by the regulations as the standard renewal period; or
(b) the later period prescribed by the regulations as the late fee period.
(2) Those periods must be within the currency of the local practising certificate being sought to be renewed.
(3) The Law Society may reject an application for renewal made during the late fee period, and must reject an application for renewal made outside those periods unless the Society accepts the application under subsection (4).
(4) The Society may accept an application made within 6 months after that period (even after the expiry of the local practising certificate being sought to be renewed) if satisfied the delay was caused by reasons beyond the control of the applicant or other special circumstances exist warranting acceptance of the application.
(5) For an application accepted under subsection (4) after the expiry of the local practising certificate on 30 June in the year concerned, the certificate:
(a) is taken to have continued in force on and from the 1 July immediately following its expiry until the Society renews or refuses to renew the certificate or the holder withdraws the application for renewal, unless the certificate is sooner suspended or cancelled; and
(b) if renewed, is taken to have been renewed on and from that 1 July.