Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) A public body or public officer may, at any time, apply to the Supreme Court to vary or revoke a direction given to the body or officer under section 107 .
(2) On an application, the Supreme Court may, by order, do any of the following if satisfied as mentioned in subsection (3):
(a) vary the direction;
(b) revoke the direction;
(c) revoke the direction and substitute a direction the ICAC could have given under section 107 .
(3) The Supreme Court must be satisfied that:
(a) non-compliance with the direction is urgently required to take action to prevent substantial harm to a person or to essential public interests; or
(b) both of the following apply:
(i) non-compliance with the direction is reasonable to perform the essential functions of the public body or public officer;
(ii) the public body or public officer has taken reasonable steps to minimise the risk of retaliation to a person or to protect a person who may be at risk of retaliation.
(4) If the Supreme Court substitutes a direction under subsection (2)(c), the new direction is taken to be a direction by the ICAC under section 107 .