Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) This section applies if:
(a) an investigator specifies in a report of an investigation there is evidence that a breach of this Act has been committed or that fraud or defalcation has been committed; and
(b) the Law Society is satisfied the breach is intentional or of a substantial nature.
(2) The Society may decide that the whole or part of the costs of carrying out the investigation is payable to the Society and may specify the amount payable.
(3) The amount specified is a debt owing to the Society by the law practice whose affairs are under investigation.
(4) The Society must, before seeking to recover the amount payable, give the law practice an information notice for the Society's decision and the amount specified as being payable.