Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated ActsNORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
As in force at 21 December 2022
Table of provisions
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF
AUSTRALIA
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As in force at 21 December 2022
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WHEREAS:
1. The Commonwealth, the States of the Commonwealth and the Territory have agreed to a cooperative scheme to apply the criminal law of the States of the Commonwealth and the Territory extraterritorially in the areas adjacent to the coast of Australia.
2. Under the scheme, the criminal law of a State of the Commonwealth or of the Territory is to apply in the area adjacent to the State or to the Territory:
(a) for a distance of 12 nautical miles from the baseline for the State or the Territory – by force of the law of the State or the Territory; and
(b) beyond 12 nautical miles up to a distance of 200 nautical miles from the baseline for the State or the Territory or the outer limit of the continental shelf (whichever is the greater distance) – by force of the law of the Commonwealth.
3. Responsibility for administering criminal justice in the area covered by the scheme will be divided between the Commonwealth, the States of the Commonwealth and the Territory under the scheme and an intergovernmental agreement.
4. The purpose of this Act is to give legal force to the cooperative, scheme, so far as it depends on the legislative power of the Territory, and to provide for consequential vesting of judicial and other powers.
1 KEY
Key to abbreviations
amd = amended od =
order
app = appendix om =
omitted
bl = by-law pt =
Part
ch = Chapter r =
regulation/rule
cl = clause rem =
remainder
div = Division renum =
renumbered
exp = expires/expired rep
= repealed
f = forms s =
section
Gaz =
Gazette sch = Schedule
hdg =
heading sdiv = Subdivision
ins =
inserted SL = Subordinate
Legislation
lt = long title sub =
substituted
nc = not commenced
2 LIST OF LEGISLATION
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Crimes at Sea Act 2000 (Act No. 73, 2000) |
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Assent date |
14 December 2000 |
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Commenced |
31 March 2001 (Gaz G11, 21 March 2001, p 3) |
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Statute Law Revision Act 2014 (Act No. 38, 2014) |
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Assent date |
13 November 2014 |
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Commenced |
13 November 2014 |
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Local Court (Related Amendments) Act 2016 (Act No. 8, 2016) |
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Assent date |
6 April 2016 |
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Commenced |
1 May 2016 (s 2, s 2 Local Court (Repeals and Related Amendments) Act 2016 (Act No. 9, 2016) and Gaz S34, 29 April 2016) |
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Justice and Licensing Legislation Further Amendment Act 2022 (Act No. 21, 2022) |
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Assent date |
31 October 2022 |
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Commenced |
pt 3: 1 February 2023; rem: 21 December 2022 (Gaz G50, 21 December 2022, p 1) |
3 GENERAL AMENDMENTS
General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22 of 2018) to: ss 1, 9 and 10 and lt.
4 LIST OF
AMENDMENTS
s
5 amd No. 8, 2016, s 45
sch amd No. 38, 2014, s
2; No. 21, 2022, s 4