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Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory Act 2012
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C2021C00541 C05
01 September 2021
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16 July 2022
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Part 1—Preliminary
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Division 1—Introduction
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Guide to this Act
4 Object of this Act
4A The Racial Discrimination Act is not affected
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Division 2—The Dictionary
5 The Dictionary
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Part 2—Tackling alcohol abuse
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Division 1—Introduction
6 Guide to this Part
7 Object of this Part
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Division 2—Modification of the NT Liquor Act and NT Liquor Regulations in alcohol protected areas
8 Certain offences to apply in alcohol protected areas
9 Alcohol protected areas treated as general restricted areas
10 Seizing vehicles
11 Modification of the NT Liquor Regulations
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Division 3—Modification of NT liquor licences and NT liquor permits in force in alcohol protected areas
12 Modification of NT liquor licences
13 Modification of NT liquor permits
13A Procedure before making determination modifying NT liquor licence or permit
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Division 4—Notices about alcohol offences in alcohol protected areas
14 Notices about alcohol offences in alcohol protected areas
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Division 5—Assessments of licensed premises
15 Assessments of licensed premises in the Northern Territory
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Division 6—Alcohol management plans
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Subdivision A—Approving alcohol management plans
16 Application for approval of an alcohol management plan
17 Determination to approve or refuse plan
18 Procedure before refusing approval of plan
19 Duration of approval of an alcohol management plan
20 Notice of determination about whether plan approved
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Subdivision B—Variation and revocation of alcohol management plans
21 No variation of alcohol management plan without approval
22 Application for approval to vary alcohol management plan
23 Approval of variation of alcohol management plan
24 Revocation of approval of alcohol management plan
25 Procedure before refusing to approve variation or revoking approval
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Subdivision C—Community managed alcohol areas
26 Community managed alcohol areas
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Division 7—Alcohol protected areas
27 Rules prescribing the areas that are alcohol protected areas
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Division 8—Independent review of Commonwealth and Northern Territory laws relating to alcohol
28 Independent review of Commonwealth and Northern Territory laws relating to alcohol
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Division 9—Other matters
29 NT Licensing Commission etc. to provide information
30 Modified NT Liquor Act and NT Liquor Regulations
31 AAT review of determinations under this Part
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Part 3—Land reform
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Division 1—Introduction
32 Guide to this Part
33 Object of this Part
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Division 2—Town camps
34 Modifying NT laws in relation to town camps
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Division 3—Community living areas
35 Modifying NT laws in relation to community living areas
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Part 4—Food security
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Division 1—Guide to this Part
36 Guide to this Part
37 Object of this Part
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Division 2—Certain community stores must be licensed
38 Prohibition on operating a community store without a licence
39 Meaning of community store, owner and manager
40 More than one owner or manager of a community store
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Division 3—Determining whether a community store is required to be licensed
41 Determining whether a community store licence is required
42 Procedure before determining that a licence is required
43 Notice of determination about whether licence is required
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Division 4—Licensing of community stores
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Subdivision A—Granting and refusing community store licences
44 Application for a community store licence
45 Determination to grant or refuse a community store licence
46 Meaning of food security matters
47 Procedure before refusing a community store licence
48 Community store licence may relate to more than one store
49 Duration of community store licence
50 Notice of determination about whether licence granted
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Subdivision B—Conditions of community store licences
51 Community store licence is subject to conditions
52 Conditions that may be imposed at time of grant
53 Procedure before imposing a condition
54 Condition about monitoring and audits
55 Conditions prescribed by the rules
56 Breach of condition
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Subdivision C—Variation and revocation of community store licences
57 Application to vary a community store licence
58 Variation of community store licence
59 Revocation of community store licence
60 Procedure before varying, refusing to vary or revoking a community store licence
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Division 5—Requirement to register under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006
61 Requirement to register under the CATSI Act
62 Secretary may require registration
63 Procedure before determining that registration is required
64 Notice of determination that registration is required
65 Community store licence may be revoked if owner is not registered
66 Procedure before revoking licence
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Division 6—Assessments of community stores in relation to licensing
67 Community stores may be assessed
68 Notice in relation to assessments
69 Appointment of authorised officers
70 Identity cards
71 Power to enter premises for the purposes of making assessments
72 Authorised officers may obtain access to records and assistance
73 Power to compel information relating to assessments
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Division 7—Areas that are not in the food security area
74 Areas that are not in the food security area
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Division 8—Enforcement relating to food security
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Subdivision A—Civil penalties
75 Civil penalty orders
76 Civil enforcement of penalty
77 Conduct contravening more than one civil penalty provision
78 Multiple contraventions
79 Proceedings may be heard together
80 Civil evidence and procedure rules for civil penalty orders
81 Contravening a civil penalty provision is not an offence
82 Civil proceedings after criminal proceedings
83 Criminal proceedings during civil proceedings
84 Criminal proceedings after civil proceedings
85 Evidence given in civil proceedings not admissible in criminal proceedings
86 Ancillary contravention of civil penalty provisions
87 Continuing contraventions of civil penalty provisions
88 Mistake of fact
89 State of mind
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Subdivision B—Infringement notices
90 When an infringement notice may be given
91 Matters to be included in an infringement notice
92 Extension of time to pay amount
93 Withdrawal of an infringement notice
94 Effect of payment of amount
95 Effect of this Division
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Subdivision C—Enforceable undertakings
96 Acceptance of undertakings
97 Enforcement of undertakings
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Subdivision D—Injunctions
98 Grant of injunctions
99 Interim injunctions
100 Discharging or varying injunctions
101 Certain limits on granting injunctions not to apply
102 Other powers of a relevant court unaffected
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Subdivision E—Civil jurisdiction of courts
103 Civil jurisdiction of courts
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Division 9—Other matters
104 Information about criminal history
105 Power to request information from public officials etc.
106 Disclosure of information to public officials etc.
107 This Part does not affect legal professional privilege
108 Application of Northern Territory laws to community stores
109 Interaction with the Competition and Consumer Act 2010
110 AAT review of the Secretary’s determinations under this Part
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Part 5—Other matters
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Division 1—Introduction
111 Guide to this Part
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Division 2—Miscellaneous
112 Delegation
113 References in Commonwealth or Northern Territory laws
114 Modification of Northern Territory laws
115 Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act
116 Compensation for acquisition of property
117 Review of the operation of this Act
118 Sunset provision
119 Rules
120 Regulations
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Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history