Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) In this Act:
"applicant" means a person who applies for an order or warrant under this Act.
"Court" means the Local Court or the Supreme Court.
"debt" means a liquidated debt, whether pursuant to a judgment or otherwise, that is due and payable in the Territory.
"debtor" includes a person who an applicant alleges owes a debt to the applicant.
"Master of the Supreme Court" includes a Deputy Master of the Supreme Court.
"property" includes realty and personalty or an interest, whether legal or equitable, in property.
"wages" means:
(a) any sum due under:
(i) a contract of employment; or
(ii) an award or industrial agreement regulating conditions of employment; and
(b) any sum due for long service leave, annual holidays or sick leave.
(2) A reference in this Act to the transfer of property includes a reference to the sale, or the assignment otherwise than for valuable consideration, of that property.
(3) For this Act, a person is satisfied as to all material matters in relation to a debtor if the person is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for believing that:
(a) the debtor owes a debt to the applicant; and
(b) the debtor is about to leave the Territory; and
(c) failure to arrest the debtor would defeat, endanger or materially prejudice an applicant's prospects of recovering a debt; and
(d) the debt:
(i) is for wages due by the debtor to the applicant; or
(ii) is for an amount not less than the prescribed amount.