Northern Territory Numbered Acts

JUSTICE AND OTHER LEGISLATION FURTHER AMENDMENT ACT 2024 (NO 9 OF 2024) - SECT 23

(1)     Section 156(1)

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all words after "may"

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charge:

    (a)     a fee in respect of the making of an application (an application fee ); and

    (b)     a fee in respect of the time taken, and the costs incurred, by the public sector organisation in response to an application (a processing fee ).

(2)     After section 156(1)

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    (1A)     If the public sector organisation is a client organisation under a processing arrangement with a supporting organisation, the processing fee that may be charged under subsection (1)(b) may include time taken, and costs incurred, by officers or employees of the supporting organisation in response to the application.

(3)     Section 156(7)

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