Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) For the purposes of the operation of the cooperative scheme in relation to offences prosecuted under a law of the Territory:
(a) a reference in the cooperative scheme to an indictable offence is to be construed as a reference to an indictable offence as defined in section 3(2) of the Criminal Code; and
(b) a reference in the cooperative scheme to a summary offence is to be construed as a reference to an a summary offence as defined in section 3(3) of the Criminal Code.
(2) Nothing in or under this Act or the cooperative scheme affects the discretion of a court under a law of the Territory to determine whether an offence is to be tried summarily or on indictment.