Contents

Part 1--Preliminary                                                                                                                1

1............ Short title [see Note 1] ....................................................................... 1

2............ Commencement .................................................................................. 1

3............ Definitions .......................................................................................... 2

4............ Prescribed areas .................................................................................. 7

5............ Object of this Act ............................................................................... 8

6............ Sunset provision ................................................................................. 8

Part 2--Alcohol                                                                                                                         9

Division 1--Preliminary                                                                                               9

7............ Interpretation ...................................................................................... 9

8............ Commission and Director must provide information ......................... 9

9............ Modifications ..................................................................................... 9

10.......... Effect of modified Northern Territory laws ....................................... 9

Division 2--Prescribed areas                                                                                  10

11.......... Notice of areas .................................................................................. 10

12.......... Modification: prescribed areas ......................................................... 10

13.......... Modification: licences within prescribed area .................................. 14

14.......... Modification: permits within prescribed area .................................. 15

15.......... Orders for interlocutory relief .......................................................... 15

16.......... Offence relating to notices ................................................................ 15

17.......... Things to be taken into account in deciding whether to seize vehicles 16

18.......... Application of Police Administration Act ....................................... 16

19.......... Declarations by Commonwealth Minister ....................................... 16

Division 3A--Sales of liquor for consumption away from licensed premises      18

20.......... Sales of liquor for consumption away from licensed premises ........ 18

21.......... Keeping and producing records ........................................................ 20

22.......... Declarations by Commonwealth Minister ....................................... 20

Division 4--Liquor Regulations                                                                            21

23.......... Liquor Regulations ............................................................................ 21

24.......... Declarations by Commonwealth Minister ....................................... 21

Division 5--Application of offences                                                                     22

25.......... Application of offences .................................................................... 22

Division 6--Certain things not valid                                                                   23

25A....... Certain things not valid ..................................................................... 23

25B....... Declarations by Commonwealth Minister ....................................... 23

Part 3--Requirements for publicly funded computers                                      24

26.......... Obligation to install filters ................................................................ 24

27.......... Keeping records of use of publicly funded computers ..................... 24

28.......... Development of acceptable use policy ............................................. 25

29.......... Auditing publicly funded computers ................................................ 26

30.......... Offences ............................................................................................ 27

Part 4--Acquisition of rights, titles and interests in land                                29

Division 1--Grants of leases for 5 years                                                           29

Subdivision A--Grant of lease                                                                                 29

31.......... Grant of lease for 5 years ................................................................. 29

32.......... Commencement of certain leases ...................................................... 31

33.......... Commencement of certain other leases ............................................. 31

34.......... Preserving any existing right, title or other interest .......................... 31

35.......... Terms and conditions of leases ......................................................... 32

36.......... Determination of additional terms and conditions ............................ 33

37.......... Termination etc. of rights, titles, interests or leases ......................... 34

Subdivision B--Special provisions relating to particular land                         35

38.......... Continuation of traditional land claim for Canteen Creek ................ 35

39.......... Earlier lease of Nauiyu (Daly River) ................................................ 36

40.......... Leases of Finke and Kalkarindji held by Aputula Social Club Incorporated, Aputula Housing Association Incorporated or Daguragu Community Government Council ................................ 36

41.......... Modification of Crown Lands Act ................................................... 37

42.......... Rights of way ................................................................................... 37

Division 2--Acquisition of rights, titles and interests relating to town camps   38

Subdivision A--Resumption and forfeiture of land under the Special Purposes Leases Act            38

43.......... Effect of Special Purposes Leases Act ............................................. 38

44.......... Modification of Special Purposes Leases Act .................................. 38

Subdivision B--Resumption and forfeiture of land under the Crown Lands Act                 39

45.......... Effect of Crown Lands Act .............................................................. 39

46.......... Modification of Crown Lands Act ................................................... 39

Subdivision C--Vesting rights, titles and interests in land in the Commonwealth             40

47.......... Vesting rights, titles and interests in land in the Commonwealth ..... 40

48.......... Preservation of specified rights, titles and interests ......................... 42

49.......... Termination of existing rights, titles or interests .............................. 43

Division 3--Effect of other laws in relation to land covered by this Part etc.     44

50.......... Application of Commonwealth and Northern Territory laws ......... 44

51.......... Native Title Act ................................................................................ 44

52.......... Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act ............................ 45

53.......... Public Works Committee Act ........................................................... 46

54.......... Application of Commonwealth laws ................................................ 46

55.......... Registration of dealings with land done by force of this Act ........... 47

56.......... Stamp duty and taxes not payable ................................................... 48

57.......... Law relating to subdivisions not to apply to leases granted under section 31         48

58.......... Modification of certain NT laws for land covered by this Part etc. . 48

59.......... Application of laws of Northern Territory to land covered by this Part                 49

Division 4--Miscellaneous                                                                                       50

60.......... Compensation for acquisition of property ....................................... 50

61.......... Amounts paid or payable ................................................................. 51

62.......... Payment of agreed amounts or rent etc. ........................................... 51

63.......... Appropriation .................................................................................. 53

64.......... Modification of Part 4 of Schedule 1 by the regulations .................. 54

Part 5--Business management areas                                                                         55

Division 1--Funding agreements                                                                          55

65.......... Commonwealth may vary or terminate funding agreements ............ 55

66.......... Effect of varied funding agreement ................................................... 55

Division 2--Directions relating to services provided in business management areas 57

Subdivision A--Directions relating to services                                                   57

67.......... Minister may give directions relating to services ............................. 57

Subdivision B--Directions relating to assets                                                       58

68.......... Minister may give directions relating to assets ................................ 58

Subdivision C--Compliance                                                                                     59

69.......... Civil penalty--failing to comply with direction .............................. 59

Subdivision D--Miscellaneous                                                                                59

70.......... Directions--relationship with existing laws etc. .............................. 59

71.......... Directions--publication ................................................................... 60

Division 3--Observers of community services entities                           61

72.......... Minister may appoint observers ...................................................... 61

73.......... Notices .............................................................................................. 61

74.......... Civil penalty--failing to give notice etc. of meeting ......................... 62

75.......... Application of Division .................................................................... 62

Division 4--Commonwealth management in business management areas          63

Subdivision A--Commonwealth management of community government councils             63

76.......... Definitions ........................................................................................ 63

77.......... Effect of Local Government Act ...................................................... 63

78.......... Community government councils--Commonwealth management ... 63

Subdivision B--Commonwealth management of incorporated associations   64

79.......... Definitions ........................................................................................ 64

80.......... Effect of Associations Act ............................................................... 64

81.......... Incorporated associations--Commonwealth management ............... 64

Division 5--Enforcement                                                                                          66

Subdivision A--Civil penalties                                                                                66

82.......... Federal Court may order person to pay pecuniary penalty for contravening civil penalty provision     66

83.......... Persons involved in contravening civil penalty provision ................ 67

84.......... Relief for contravening civil penalty provisions ............................... 67

85.......... Recovery of a pecuniary penalty ..................................................... 68

86.......... Gathering information for application for pecuniary penalty .......... 68

87.......... Continuing and multiple contraventions of civil penalty provisions 68

Subdivision B--Application of civil penalty provisions                                       69

88.......... Application of civil penalty provisions ........................................... 69

Subdivision C--Injunctions                                                                                      69

89.......... Injunctions ........................................................................................ 69

Part 6--Bail and sentencing                                                                                             71

90.......... Matters to be considered in certain bail applications ....................... 71

91.......... Matters to which court is to have regard when passing sentence etc. 72

Part 7--Licensing of community stores                                                                     73

Division 1--Meaning of expressions                                                                  73

92.......... Meaning of community store ............................................................ 73

93.......... Meaning of assessable matters ......................................................... 73

Division 2--Assessments of community stores                                            75

94.......... Community stores may be assessed ................................................. 75

95.......... Notice of assessment to be given ...................................................... 75

Division 3--Licensing of community stores                                                    76

Subdivision A--Granting and refusing to grant community store licences   76

96.......... Application for a licence to operate a community store .................. 76

97.......... Decision to grant or refuse a community store licence ..................... 76

98.......... Community store licence may relate to more than one store ........... 77

99.......... Procedure before refusing to grant a community store licence ......... 77

100........ Duration of community store licence ............................................... 78

101........ Notice of decision ............................................................................. 78

Subdivision B--Conditions of community store licences                                   79

102........ Community store licence is subject to conditions ............................ 79

103........ Conditions that may be specified or imposed .................................. 79

104........ Condition about satisfactory performance ....................................... 79

105........ Condition about monitoring and audits ............................................ 80

Subdivision C--Revocation and variation of community store licences           80

106........ Revocation of community store licence ............................................ 80

107........ Variation of community store licence ............................................... 81

108........ Procedure before revoking or varying a community store licence .... 82

Subdivision D--Surrender and transfer of community store licences            82

109........ Surrender of licence ........................................................................... 82

110........ Transfer of licences ........................................................................... 82

111........ Transfer of licences--formalities ...................................................... 83

Division 4--Acquisition by the Commonwealth                                            84

112........ Acquisition by the Commonwealth of assets and liabilities of a community store 84

113........ Certificates relating to vesting of eligible assets ............................... 86

114........ Substitution of Commonwealth as a party to pending proceedings . 86

115........ Certificates taken to be authentic ..................................................... 87

Division 5--Authorised officers                                                                             88

116........ Appointment of authorised officers ................................................. 88

117........ Identity cards .................................................................................... 88

118........ Power to enter premises for the purpose of making assessments .... 88

119........ Authorised officers may obtain access to records and assistance .... 89

120........ Power to request information ........................................................... 89

Division 6--Other matters                                                                                       91

Subdivision A--Interaction with other laws                                                          91

121........ Application of laws of Northern Territory to community stores .... 91

122........ Interaction with other Commonwealth laws .................................... 91

Subdivision B--Legislative instruments                                                               92

123........ Minister may make instruments relating to the meaning of community store          92

124........ Minister may specify conditions by legislative instrument ............. 92

125........ Minister may issue guidelines about assessable matters .................. 92

Subdivision C--Other matters                                                                                93

126........ Income management regime .............................................................. 93

127........ Application of offences .................................................................... 93

Part 8--Miscellaneous                                                                                                        94

128........ Delegation ......................................................................................... 94

129........ Modification of Northern Territory laws ......................................... 94

130........ References in Northern Territory or Commonwealth laws .............. 94

131........ Northern Territory (Self‑Government) Act ..................................... 95

132........ Racial Discrimination Act ................................................................. 95

133........ Some Northern Territory laws excluded ........................................... 95

134........ Compensation for acquisition of property ....................................... 96

135........ Regulations ....................................................................................... 96

Schedule 1--Property descriptions                                                                              97

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)    97

1............ Acacia Larrakia ................................................................................. 97

2............ Ali Curung ........................................................................................ 98

3............ Amanbidji ....................................................................................... 100

4............ Amoonguna ..................................................................................... 101

5............ Ampilatwatja .................................................................................. 102

6............ Areyonga ........................................................................................ 103

7............ Barunga ........................................................................................... 105

8............ Belyuen ........................................................................................... 106

9............ Beswick .......................................................................................... 109

10.......... Bulman ............................................................................................ 110

11.......... Daguragu ......................................................................................... 112

12.......... Galiwinku ....................................................................................... 115

13.......... Gapuwiyak ..................................................................................... 120

14.......... Gunbalanya ..................................................................................... 122

15.......... Gunyangara ..................................................................................... 124

16.......... Haasts Bluff .................................................................................... 125

17.......... Hermannsburg ................................................................................. 127

18.......... Kaltukatjara .................................................................................... 129

19.......... Kintore ............................................................................................ 132

20.......... Lajamanu ......................................................................................... 134

21.......... Maningrida ...................................................................................... 137

22.......... Manyallaluk .................................................................................... 140

23.......... Milikapiti ........................................................................................ 141

24.......... Milingimbi ...................................................................................... 143

25.......... Minjilang ......................................................................................... 145

26.......... Mt Liebig ........................................................................................ 149

27.......... Ngukurr ........................................................................................... 152

28.......... Nturiya ........................................................................................... 153

29.......... Numbulwar ..................................................................................... 154

30.......... Nyirripi ........................................................................................... 156

31.......... Palumpa .......................................................................................... 157

32.......... Papunya .......................................................................................... 160

33.......... Peppimenarti .................................................................................. 163

34.......... Pigeon Hole ..................................................................................... 165

35.......... Pirlangimpi ...................................................................................... 166

36.......... Pmara Jutunta ................................................................................. 167

37.......... Ramingining .................................................................................... 169

38.......... Robinson River ............................................................................... 172

39.......... Santa Teresa .................................................................................... 173

40.......... Wadeye ........................................................................................... 175

41.......... Wallace Rockhole ............................................................................ 178

42.......... Warruwi .......................................................................................... 179

43.......... Weemol ........................................................................................... 181

44.......... Willowra ......................................................................................... 183

45.......... Yirrkala ........................................................................................... 185

46.......... Yuelamu .......................................................................................... 186

47.......... Yuendumu ....................................................................................... 187

Part 2--Community living areas                                                                                  191

48.......... Alpurrurulam .................................................................................. 191

49.......... Atitjere ............................................................................................ 191

50.......... Binjari ............................................................................................. 191

51.......... Bulla ................................................................................................ 191

52.......... Engawala ......................................................................................... 191

53.......... Imangara .......................................................................................... 191

54.......... Imanpa ............................................................................................ 191

55.......... Jilkminggan ..................................................................................... 193

56.......... Laramba .......................................................................................... 193

57.......... Minyerri ......................................................................................... 193

58.......... Rittarangu ....................................................................................... 193

59.......... Tara ................................................................................................. 193

60.......... Titjikala ........................................................................................... 194

61.......... Wilora ............................................................................................. 194

62.......... Wutunugurra ................................................................................... 194

63.......... Yarralin ........................................................................................... 194

Part 3--Miscellaneous                                                                                                      196

64.......... Nauiyu (Daly River) ....................................................................... 196

65.......... Canteen Creek ................................................................................. 196

Part 4--Town camps                                                                                                           198

66.......... Darwin ............................................................................................ 198

67.......... Katherine ........................................................................................ 198

68.......... Tennant Creek ................................................................................ 199

69.......... Alice Springs ................................................................................... 200

Part 5--Low water marks                                                                                                203

70.......... Low water marks ............................................................................ 203

Schedule 2--Business management areas                                                            204

1............ Places in the Northern Territory .................................................... 204

Schedule 3--Funding agreements                                                                              205

Termination or reduction in scope of Agreement .......................................... 205

Schedule 4--Commonwealth management in business management areas: modification of Northern Territory laws                                                                                                      207

Notes                                                                                                                                           211

  

Notes to the Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007

Note 1

The Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 129, 2007 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

For all relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007	129, 2007	17 Aug 2007	Ss. 32 and 33: 17 Feb 2008 Remainder: 18 Aug 2007
Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Northern Territory National Emergency Response and Other Measures) Act 2007	128, 2007	17 Aug 2007	Ss. 3--5: Royal Assent Schedule 5 (item 7): (a)	Ss. 3--5
Northern Territory National Emergency Response Amendment (Alcohol) Act 2007	141, 2007	14 Sept 2007	Schedule 1: 15 Sept 2007 Remainder: Royal Assent	--
Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment Act 2008	67, 2008	1 July 2008	2 July 2008	--

(a)     Subsection 2(1) (items 5 and 10) of the Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Northern Territory National Emergency Response and Other Measures) Act 2007 provides as follows:

                 (1)   Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provision(s)	Commencement	Date/Details
5.  Schedule 4, items 11 to 17	A single day to be fixed by Proclamation. However, if any of the provision(s) do not commence within the period of 6 months beginning on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, they commence on the first day after the end of that period.	17 February 2008
10.  Schedule 5, item 7	The later of: (a)  immediately after item 12 of Schedule 4 to this Act commences; and (b)  immediately after the commencement of section 35 of the Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007. However, the provision(s) do not commence at all if the event mentioned in paragraph (b) does not occur.	17 February 2008 (paragraph (a) applies)

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted     am. = amended     rep. = repealed     rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Part 2
Division 2
S. 12....................................	am. No. 141, 2007
S. 19....................................	am. No. 141, 2007
Div. 3 of Part 2....................	rep. No. 141, 2007
Division 3A
Div. 3A of Part 2..................	ad. No. 141, 2007
Ss. 20--22............................	rs. No. 141, 2007
Division 6
Div. 6 of Part 2....................	ad. No. 141, 2007
Ss. 25A, 25B.......................	ad. No. 141, 2007
Part 4
Division 1
Subdivision A
S. 35....................................	am. No. 128, 2007; No. 67, 2008
Subdivision B
S. 38....................................	am. No. 67, 2008
Division 2
Subdivision C
S. 47....................................	am. No. 67, 2008
Division 3
S. 52....................................	am. No. 67, 2008
Note to s. 52(1)...................	ad. No. 67, 2008
Ss. 53, 54............................	am. No. 67, 2008
Ss. 58, 59............................	am. No. 67, 2008
Division 4
S. 61....................................	am. No. 67, 2008
Heading to s. 62..................	am. No. 67, 2008
Subheads. to s. 62(1), (2)..	ad. No. 67, 2008
Ss. 62, 63............................	am. No. 67, 2008

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Northern Territory National Emergency Response and Other Measures) Act 2007 (No. 128, 2007)

3  Northern Territory (Self‑Government) Act

                   Section 49 of the Northern Territory (Self‑Government) Act 1978 does not apply in relation to the provisions of this Act.

4  Racial Discrimination Act

             (1)  Subject to subsection (3), the provisions of this Act, and any acts done under or for the purposes of those provisions, are, for the purposes of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975, special measures.

             (2)  Subject to subsection (3), the provisions of this Act, and any acts done under or for the purposes of those provisions, are excluded from the operation of Part II of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975.

             (3)  Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to amendments or repeals made by Division 2 or 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 (law enforcement) to this Act.

             (4)  In this section, a reference to:

                     (a)  any acts done includes a reference to any failure to do an act; and

                     (b)  provisions of this Act includes a reference to provisions of other Acts that are inserted, amended or repealed by the provisions of this Act.

5  Some Northern Territory laws excluded

             (1)  Subject to subsections (3) and (4), the provisions of this Act are intended to apply to the exclusion of a law of the Northern Territory that deals with discrimination so far as it would otherwise apply.

             (2)  Subject to subsections (3) and (4), any acts done under or for the purposes of the provisions of this Act have effect despite any law of the Northern Territory that deals with discrimination.

Northern Territory laws that are not excluded

             (3)  Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to a law of the Northern Territory so far as the Minister determines, by legislative instrument, that the law is a law to which subsections (1) and (2) do not apply.

Provisions of this Act that are not excluded

             (4)  Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to amendments or repeals made by Division 2 or 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 (law enforcement) to this Act.

Interpretation

             (5)  In this section, a reference to:

                     (a)  any acts done includes a reference to any failure to do an act; and

                     (b)  provisions of this Act includes a reference to provisions of other Acts that are inserted, amended or repealed by the provisions of this Act.