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Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007
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C2007C00525
17 August 2007
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14 September 2007
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Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title [see Note 1]
2 Commencement
3 Definitions
4 Prescribed areas
5 Object of this Act
6 Sunset provision
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Part 2—Alcohol
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Division 1—Preliminary
7 Interpretation
8 Commission and Director must provide information
9 Modifications
10 Effect of modified Northern Territory laws
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Division 2—Prescribed areas
11 Notice of areas
12 Modification: prescribed areas
13 Modification: licences within prescribed area
14 Modification: permits within prescribed area
15 Orders for interlocutory relief
16 Offence relating to notices
17 Things to be taken into account in deciding whether to seize vehicles
18 Application of Police Administration Act
19 Declarations by Commonwealth Minister
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Division 3—Sales of liquor for consumption away from licensed premises
20 Sales of liquor for consumption away from licensed premises
21 Keeping and producing records
22 Declarations by Commonwealth Minister
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Division 4—Liquor Regulations
23 Liquor Regulations
24 Declarations by Commonwealth Minister
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Division 5—Application of offences
25 Application of offences
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Part 3—Requirements for publicly funded computers
26 Obligation to install filters
27 Keeping records of use of publicly funded computers
28 Development of acceptable use policy
29 Auditing publicly funded computers
30 Offences
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Part 4—Acquisition of rights, titles and interests in land
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Division 1—Grants of leases for 5 years
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Subdivision A—Grant of lease
31 Grant of lease for 5 years
32 Commencement of certain leases
33 Commencement of certain other leases
34 Preserving any existing right, title or other interest
35 Terms and conditions of leases
36 Determination of additional terms and conditions
37 Termination etc. of rights, titles, interests or leases
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Subdivision B—Special provisions relating to particular land
38 Continuation of traditional land claim for Canteen Creek
39 Earlier lease of Nauiyu (Daly River)
40 Leases of Finke and Kalkarindji held by Aputula Social Club Incorporated, Aputula Housing Association Incorporated or Daguragu Community Government Council
41 Modification of Crown Lands Act
42 Rights of way
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Division 2—Acquisition of rights, titles and interests relating to town camps
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Subdivision A—Resumption and forfeiture of land under the Special Purposes Leases Act
43 Effect of Special Purposes Leases Act
44 Modification of Special Purposes Leases Act
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Subdivision B—Resumption and forfeiture of land under the Crown Lands Act
45 Effect of Crown Lands Act
46 Modification of Crown Lands Act
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Subdivision C—Vesting rights, titles and interests in land in the Commonwealth
47 Vesting rights, titles and interests in land in the Commonwealth
48 Preservation of specified rights, titles and interests
49 Termination of existing rights, titles or interests
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Division 3—Effect of other laws in relation to land covered by this Part etc.
50 Application of Commonwealth and Northern Territory laws
51 Native Title Act
52 Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act
53 Public Works Committee Act
54 Application of Commonwealth laws
55 Registration of dealings with land done by force of this Act
56 Stamp duty and taxes not payable
57 Law relating to subdivisions not to apply to leases granted under section 31
58 Modification of certain NT laws for land covered by this Part etc.
59 Application of laws of Northern Territory to land covered by this Part
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Division 4—Miscellaneous
60 Compensation for acquisition of property
61 Amounts paid or payable
62 Payment of rent
63 Appropriation
64 Modification of Part 4 of Schedule 1 by the regulations
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Part 5—Business management areas
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Division 1—Funding agreements
65 Commonwealth may vary or terminate funding agreements
66 Effect of varied funding agreement
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Division 2—Directions relating to services provided in business management areas
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Subdivision A—Directions relating to services
67 Minister may give directions relating to services
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Subdivision B—Directions relating to assets
68 Minister may give directions relating to assets
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Subdivision C—Compliance
69 Civil penalty—failing to comply with direction
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Subdivision D—Miscellaneous
70 Directions—relationship with existing laws etc.
71 Directions—publication
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Division 3—Observers of community services entities
72 Minister may appoint observers
73 Notices
74 Civil penalty—failing to give notice etc. of meeting
75 Application of Division
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Division 4—Commonwealth management in business management areas
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Subdivision A—Commonwealth management of community government councils
76 Definitions
77 Effect of Local Government Act
78 Community government councils—Commonwealth management
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Subdivision B—Commonwealth management of incorporated associations
79 Definitions
80 Effect of Associations Act
81 Incorporated associations—Commonwealth management
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Division 5—Enforcement
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Subdivision A—Civil penalties
82 Federal Court may order person to pay pecuniary penalty for contravening civil penalty provision
83 Persons involved in contravening civil penalty provision
84 Relief for contravening civil penalty provisions
85 Recovery of a pecuniary penalty
86 Gathering information for application for pecuniary penalty
87 Continuing and multiple contraventions of civil penalty provisions
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Subdivision B—Application of civil penalty provisions
88 Application of civil penalty provisions
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Subdivision C—Injunctions
89 Injunctions
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Part 6—Bail and sentencing
90 Matters to be considered in certain bail applications
91 Matters to which court is to have regard when passing sentence etc.
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Part 7—Licensing of community stores
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Division 1—Meaning of expressions
92 Meaning of community store
93 Meaning of assessable matters
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Division 2—Assessments of community stores
94 Community stores may be assessed
95 Notice of assessment to be given
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Division 3—Licensing of community stores
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Subdivision A—Granting and refusing to grant community store licences
96 Application for a licence to operate a community store
97 Decision to grant or refuse a community store licence
98 Community store licence may relate to more than one store
99 Procedure before refusing to grant a community store licence
100 Duration of community store licence
101 Notice of decision
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Subdivision B—Conditions of community store licences
102 Community store licence is subject to conditions
103 Conditions that may be specified or imposed
104 Condition about satisfactory performance
105 Condition about monitoring and audits
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Subdivision C—Revocation and variation of community store licences
106 Revocation of community store licence
107 Variation of community store licence
108 Procedure before revoking or varying a community store licence
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Subdivision D—Surrender and transfer of community store licences
109 Surrender of licence
110 Transfer of licences
111 Transfer of licences—formalities
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Division 4—Acquisition by the Commonwealth
112 Acquisition by the Commonwealth of assets and liabilities of a community store
113 Certificates relating to vesting of eligible assets
114 Substitution of Commonwealth as a party to pending proceedings
115 Certificates taken to be authentic
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Division 5—Authorised officers
116 Appointment of authorised officers
117 Identity cards
118 Power to enter premises for the purpose of making assessments
119 Authorised officers may obtain access to records and assistance
120 Power to request information
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Division 6—Other matters
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Subdivision A—Interaction with other laws
121 Application of laws of Northern Territory to community stores
122 Interaction with other Commonwealth laws
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Subdivision B—Legislative instruments
123 Minister may make instruments relating to the meaning of community store
124 Minister may specify conditions by legislative instrument
125 Minister may issue guidelines about assessable matters
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Subdivision C—Other matters
126 Income management regime
127 Application of offences
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Part 8—Miscellaneous
128 Delegation
129 Modification of Northern Territory laws
130 References in Northern Territory or Commonwealth laws
131 Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act
132 Racial Discrimination Act
133 Some Northern Territory laws excluded
134 Compensation for acquisition of property
135 Regulations
Schedule 1—Property descriptions
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Part 1—Aboriginal land (within the meaning of paragraph (a) of the definition of Aboriginal land in subsection 3(1) of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976)
1 Acacia Larrakia
2 Ali Curung
3 Amanbidji
4 Amoonguna
5 Ampilatwatja
6 Areyonga
7 Barunga
8 Belyuen
9 Beswick
10 Bulman
11 Daguragu
12 Galiwinku
13 Gapuwiyak
14 Gunbalanya
15 Gunyangara
16 Haasts Bluff
17 Hermannsburg
18 Kaltukatjara
19 Kintore
20 Lajamanu
21 Maningrida
22 Manyallaluk
23 Milikapiti
24 Milingimbi
25 Minjilang
26 Mt Liebig
27 Ngukurr
28 Nturiya
29 Numbulwar
30 Nyirripi
31 Palumpa
32 Papunya
33 Peppimenarti
34 Pigeon Hole
35 Pirlangimpi
36 Pmara Jutunta
37 Ramingining
38 Robinson River
39 Santa Teresa
40 Wadeye
41 Wallace Rockhole
42 Warruwi
43 Weemol
44 Willowra
45 Yirrkala
46 Yuelamu
47 Yuendumu
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Part 2—Community living areas
48 Alpurrurulam
49 Atitjere
50 Binjari
51 Bulla
52 Engawala
53 Imangara
54 Imanpa
55 Jilkminggan
56 Laramba
57 Minyerri
58 Rittarangu
59 Tara
60 Titjikala
61 Wilora
62 Wutunugurra
63 Yarralin
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Part 3—Miscellaneous
64 Nauiyu (Daly River)
65 Canteen Creek
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Part 4—Town camps
66 Darwin
67 Katherine
68 Tennant Creek
69 Alice Springs
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Part 5—Low water marks
70 Low water marks
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Schedule 2—Business management areas
1 Places in the Northern Territory
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Schedule 3—Funding agreements
Termination or reduction in scope of Agreement
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Schedule 4—Commonwealth management in business management areas: modification of Northern Territory laws
Notes to the STYLEREF ShortT \* MERGEFORMAT Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007