Northern Territory Supreme Court

No. 116 of 1968

An Act to amend the Northern Territory Supreme Court Act 1961–1966 in respect of the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory of Australia.

[Assented to 2 December 1968]

BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Northern Territory Supreme Court Act 1968.

(2.) The Northern Territory Supreme Court Act 1961–1966, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Northern Territory Supreme Court Act 1961–1968.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Definitions.

3. Section 5 of the Northern Territory Supreme Court Act 1961–1966 is amended by omitting the definition of “the Territory” and inserting in its stead the following definition:—

“‘the Territory’ means the territory accepted by the Commonwealth as a Territory under the authority of the Commonwealth in pursuance of the Northern Territory Acceptance Act 1910 by the name of the Northern Territory of Australia and includes the islands accepted by the Commonwealth as a Territory under the authority of the Commonwealth in pursuance of the Ashmore and Cartier Islands Acceptance Act 1933 under the name of the Territory of the Ashmore and Cartier Islands.”.