Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) A reviewer who conducts a review of a costs assessor's determination under this Subdivision must determine the costs of the review.
(2) The reviewer may, subject to this section, determine by whom and to what extent the costs must be paid.
(3) The reviewer must require the applicant party to pay the costs of the review if the reviewer:
(a) conducts the review on an application under section 352; and
(b) affirms the determination of the costs assessor.
(4) The reviewer must require the applicant party to pay the costs of the review if:
(a) the reviewer conducts the review on an application under section 351; and
(b) the reviewer sets aside the determination of the costs assessor; and
(c) the reviewer makes a determination in favour of the applicant party; and
(d) the reviewer's determination increases or decreases the total costs payable (as assessed by the assessor) by an amount that is less than 15% (or another percentage prescribed by the regulations) of the total costs payable as assessed by the assessor.
(5) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), the reviewer may:
(a) require any party to the assessment that is reviewed to pay the costs of the review; or
(b) determine that the costs of the review must be shared between the parties in the way the reviewer considers appropriate.
(6) The reviewer must issue to each party, a certificate specifying the reviewer's determination under this section.
(7) The certificate is, on filing of the certificate in a court of competent jurisdiction taken to be a judgment of the court for the amount of unpaid costs of the review.
(8) The costs of the review must be paid to the reviewer.
(9) In this section:
"costs", of a review under this Subdivision, means the costs incurred by the reviewer in the course of the review.