Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated ActsNORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
As in force at 1 July 2011
Table of provisions
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF
AUSTRALIA
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This reprint shows the Act as in force at 1 July 2011. Any amendments that commence after that date are not included.
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1 KEY
Key to abbreviations
amd = amended od =
order
app = appendix om =
omitted
bl = by-law pt =
Part
ch = Chapter r =
regulation/rule
cl = clause rem =
remainder
div = Division renum =
renumbered
exp = expires/expired rep
= repealed
f = forms s =
section
Gaz =
Gazette sch = Schedule
hdg =
heading sdiv = Subdivision
ins =
inserted SL = Subordinate
Legislation
lt = long title sub =
substituted
nc = not commenced
2 LIST OF LEGISLATION
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Cemeteries Ordinance 1952 (Act No. 18, 1952) |
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Assent date |
24 April 1952 |
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Commenced |
8 March 1967 (Gaz No. 14, 8 March 1967) |
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Cemeteries Ordinance 1955 (Act No. 7, 1955) |
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Assent date |
8 June 1955 |
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Commenced |
8 Mar 1967 (s 2, s 2 Cemeteries Ordinance 1952 (Act No. 18, 1952) and Gaz No. 14, 8 March 1967) |
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Administrator's Council Ordinance 1959 (Act No. 22, 1959) |
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Assent date |
22 July 1959 |
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Commenced |
28 Apr 1960 (Gaz No. 18, 27 April 1960) |
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Cemeteries Ordinance 1963 (Act No. 47, 1963) |
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Assent date |
22 July 1963 |
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Commenced |
8 March 1967 (s 2, s 2 Cemeteries Ordinance 1952 (Act No. 18, 1952) and Gaz No. 14, 8 March 1967) |
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Cemeteries Ordinance 1964 (Act No. 36, 1964) |
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Assent date |
7 September 1964 |
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Commenced |
8 March 1967 (s 2, s 2 Cemeteries Ordinance 1952 (Act No. 18, 1952) and Gaz No. 14, 8 March 1967) |
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Cemeteries Ordinance 1966 (Act No. 46, 1966) |
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Assent date |
2 December 1966 |
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Commenced |
8 March 1967 (s 2, s 2 Cemeteries Ordinance 1952 (Act No. 18, 1952) and Gaz No. 14, 8 March 1967) |
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Cemeteries Ordinance 1971 (Act No. 4, 1971) |
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Assent date |
24 March 1971 |
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Commenced |
24 March 1971 |
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Ordinances Revision Ordinance 1973 (Act No. 87, 1973) |
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Assent date |
11 December 1973 |
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Commenced |
11 December 1973 (s 12(2)) |
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Amending legislation |
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Ordinances Revision Ordinance 1974 (Act No. 34, 1974) |
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Assent date |
26 August 1974 |
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Commenced |
11 December 1973 (s 3(2)) |
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Ordinances Revision Ordinance (No. 2) 1974 (Act No. 69, 1974) |
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Assent date |
24 October 1974 |
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Commenced |
11 December 1973 (s 3) |
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Ordinances Revision Ordinance 1976 (Act No. 27, 1976) |
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Assent date |
28 June 1976 |
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Commenced |
ss 1, 2 and 6: 28 June 1976, s 6(2); ss 3 and 4: 11 December 1973; s 5: 24 October 1974 |
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Cemeteries Ordinance 1977 (Act No. 47, 1977 |
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Assent date |
30 September 1977 |
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Commenced |
30 September 1977 |
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Transfer of Powers (Further Provisions) Ordinance 1977 (Act No. 51, 1977) |
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Assent date |
9 December 1977 |
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Commenced |
1 January 1978 (s 6) |
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Transfer of Powers (Self-Government) Ordinance 1978 (Act No. 54, 1978) |
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Assent date |
1 July 1978 |
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Commenced |
1 July 1978 (s 8) |
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Law Officers Ordinance 1978 (Act No. 61, 1978) |
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Assent date |
1 July 1978 |
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Commenced |
1 July 1978 |
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Statute Law Revision Act 1978 (Act No. 95, 1978) |
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Assent date |
5 September 1978 |
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Commenced |
5 September 1978 |
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Cemeteries Ordinance 1978 (Act No. 109, 1978) |
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Assent date |
9 November 1978 |
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Commenced |
1 February 1979 (s 3, s 2 Aboriginal Land Ordinance 1978 (Act No. 106, 1978) and Gaz G4, 26 January 1979, p 18) |
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Cemeteries Act 1979 (Act No. 92, 1979) |
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Assent date |
10 August 1979 |
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Commenced |
10 August 1979 |
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Statute Law Revision Act (No. 2) 1979 (Act No. 128, 1979) |
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Assent date |
15 October 1979 |
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Commenced |
15 October 1979 |
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Statute Law Revision Act (No. 3) 1979 (Act No. 37, 1980) |
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Assent date |
24 April 1980 |
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Commenced |
24 April 1980 |
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Statute Law Revision Act 1981 (Act No. No. 29, 1981) |
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Assent date |
25 March 1981 |
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Commenced |
25 March 1981 |
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Criminal Law (Regulatory Offences) Act 1983 (Act No. 68, 1983) |
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Assent date |
28 November 1983 |
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Commenced |
1 January 1984 (s 2, s 2 Criminal Code Act 1983 (Act No. 47, 1983), Gaz G46, 18 November 1983, p 11 and Gaz G8, 26 February 1986, p 5) |
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Law Officers Amendment Act (No. 2) 1986 (Act No. 48, 1986) |
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Assent date |
10 December 1986 |
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Commenced |
19 December 1986 (Gaz S87, 17 December 1986) |
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Director of Public Prosecutions (Consequential Amendments) Act 1990 (Act No. 29, 1990) |
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Assent date |
11 June 1990 |
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Commenced |
21 January 1991 (s 2, s 2 Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1990 (Act No. 35, 1990) and Gaz G2, 16 January 1991, p 9) |
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De Facto Relationships (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1991 (Act No. 82, 1991) |
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Assent date |
24 December 1991 |
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Commenced |
1 January 1992 (s 2) |
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Medical (Consequential Amendments) Act 1995 (Act No. 8, 1995) |
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Assent date |
10 April 1995 |
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Commenced |
1 June 1995 (s 2, s 2 Medical Act 1995 (Act No. 7, 1995) and Gaz S21, 1 June 1995) |
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Statute Law Revision Act (No. 2) 1998 (Act No. 92, 1998) |
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Assent date |
11 December 1998 |
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Commenced |
11 December 1998 |
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Cemeteries Amendment Act 1999 (Act No. 57, 1999) |
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Assent date |
14 December 1999 |
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Commenced |
1 January 2002 (Gaz G50, 19 December 2001, p 3) |
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Cemeteries Amendment Act 2000 (Act No. 68, 2000) |
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Assent date |
14 December 2000 |
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Commenced |
1 January 2002 (Gaz G50, 19 December 2001, p 3) |
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Corporations Reform (Consequential Amendments NT) Act 2001 (Act No. 17, 2001) |
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Assent date |
29 June 2001 |
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Commenced |
15 July 2001 (s 2, s 2 Corporations Act 2001 (Act No. 56, 1990) (Cth) and Cth Gaz S285, 13 July 2001) |
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Statute Law Revision Act (No. 2) 2003 (Act No. 44, 2003) |
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Assent date |
7 July 2003 |
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Commenced |
7 July 2003 |
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Law Reform (Gender, Sexuality and De Facto Relationships) Act 2003 (Act No. 1, 2004) |
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Assent date |
7 January 2004 |
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Commenced |
17 March 2004 (Gaz G11, 17 March 2004, p 8) |
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Cemeteries Amendment Act 2005 (Act No. 35, 2005 |
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Assent date |
21 October 2005 |
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Commenced |
21 October 2005 |
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Statute Law Revision Act 2005 (Act No. 44, 2005) |
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Assent date |
14 December 2005 |
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Commenced |
14 December 2005 |
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Statute Law Revision Act 2007 (Act No. 4, 2007) |
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Assent date |
8 March 2007 |
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Commenced |
8 March 2007 |
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Public and Environmental Health Act 2011 (Act No. 7, 2011) |
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Assent date |
16 March 2011 |
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Commenced |
1 July 2011 (Gaz S28, 3 June 2011) |
3 SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL
PROVISIONS
s 6(2) De Facto Relationships
(Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1991 (Act No. 82, 1991)
s 65 Law Reform (Gender, Sexuality and De Facto Relationships) Act 2004 (Act No. 1, 2004)
4 GENERAL AMENDMENTS
General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the list of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Ordinances Revision Ordinance 1973 (Act No. 87, 1973) (as amended) to the following provisions: ss 4, 5, 7, 9 to 11, 15 to 18, 20 to 24, 26 to 29 and 35 to 40.
5 LIST OF
AMENDMENTS
lt amd No. 29, 1981, s
2
ss 1 – 2 amd No. 29, 1981,
s 2
s 4 amd No. 7, 1955, s 3; No. 22,
1959, s 6; No. 87, 1973, s 12; No. 51, 1977, s 3; No. 54, 1978, s 3;
No. 109, 1978, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 8, 1995, s 4; No. 57, 1999,
s 4; No. 44, 2005, s 22; No. 7, 2011, s
140
s 5 amd No. 22, 1959, s 6; No. 51, 1977,
s 3; No. 54, 1978, s 3; No. 92, 1979, s 3; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No.
57, 1999, s 5
s 6 amd No. 51, 1977, s 3; No.
54, 1978, s 4; No. 109, 1978, s 5; No. 128, 1979, s 4; No. 29, 1981,
s 2
s 6A ins No. 47, 1977, s
3
amd No. 29, 1981,
s 2
s 7 amd No. 22, 1959, s 6; No. 36,
1964, s 3; No. 87, 1973, s 12; No. 51, 1977, s 3; No. 54, 1978, s
3
s 8 amd No. 51, 1977, s 3; No. 54, 1978,
s 3; No. 29, 1981, s 2
s 9 amd No. 51,
1977, s 3; No. 54, 1978, s 3; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 68, 2000,
s 12
s 10 amd No. 51, 1977, s 3; No. 54,
1978, s 3; No. 68, 2000, s 12
s 11 amd No.
68, 2000, s 12
s 12 amd No. 29, 1981, s
2
s 13 amd No. 47, 1963, s 3; No. 36, 1964,
s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 68, 2000, s
4
s 13A ins No. 47, 1963, s
4
amd No. 46, 1966, s 3; No. 29,
1981, s 2
s 14 amd No. 22, 1959, s 6; No. 51,
1977, s 3; No. 54, 1978, s 3
sub No. 68,
2000, s 5
amd No. 44, 2003, s
5
s 14A ins No. 68, 2000, s
5
s 15 amd No. 46, 1966, s 7; No. 29, 1981,
s 2; No. 68, 2000, s 6
s 16 amd No. 29,
1981, s 2; No. 68, 2000, s 7
s 17 amd No. 46,
1966, s 7; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 68, 2000, s
12
s 18 amd No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 82, 1991, s
5; No. 68, 2000, s 8; No. 1, 2004, s 62
s
19 amd No. 61, 1978, s 4; No. 37, 1980, s 4; No. 48, 1986, s 9; No. 29,
1990, s 7; No. 68, 2000, s 9
s 20 amd No.
46, 1966, s 7; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 68, 2000, s
12
s 21 amd No. 46, 1966, s 7; No. 4, 1971,
s 2; No. 51, 1977, s 3; No. 54, 1978, s 3; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No.
68, 2000, s 12
s 22 amd No. 46, 1966, s 7; No.
29, 1981, s 2; No. 68, 2000, s 12
s 23 amd
No. 46, 1966, s 7; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 68, 2000, s
12
s 24 amd No. 46, 1966, s 7; No. 29, 1981,
s 2; No. 68, 2000, s 12
s 25 amd No. 51,
1977, s 3; No. 54, 1978, s 3
sub No. 68,
2000, s 10
s 26 amd No. 46, 1966, s 7; No. 29,
1981, s 2; No. 68, 2000, s 12
s 28 amd No.
46, 1966, s 7; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 68, 2000, s
12
s 29 amd No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 68, 2000, s
12
s 30 amd No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 68, 2000, s
12; No. 1, 2004, s 62
ss 30A – 30F ins
No. 57, 1999, s 6
s 31 amd No. 29, 1981, s
2
s 32 amd No. 51, 1977, s 3; No. 54,
1978, s 4; No. 29, 1981, s 2
s 33 sub No.
7, 1955, s 4
amd No. 51, 1977, s 3; No.
54, 1978, s 3
s 34 sub No. 7, 1955, s
5
amd No. 54, 1978, s
4
sub No. 92, 1998, s
5
amd No. 17, 2001, s
21
s 35 sub No. 7, 1955, s
6
amd No. 47, 1963, s 5; No. 51, 1977,
s 3; No. 54, 1978, s 3
s 36 amd No. 51,
1977, s 3; No. 54, 1978, s 3; No. 4, 2007, s
3
s 37 amd No. 46, 1966, s 7; No. 29, 1981,
s 2; No. 68, 2000, s 12; No. 35, 2005,
s 3
s 38 amd No. 51, 1977, s 3; No. 54,
1978, s 3; No. 29, 1981, s 2
s 39 sub No.
46, 1966, s 4
amd No. 51, 1977, s 3; No.
54, 1978, s 3; No. 29, 1981, s 2
s
39A ins No. 46, 1966, s 4
amd No. 51,
1977, s 3; No. 54, 1978, s 3
s
39B ins No. 68, 1983, s 43
s 40 amd No. 46,
1966, ss 5 and 7; No. 87, 1973, s 6; No. 51, 1977, s 3; No. 54, 1978,
s 3; No. 95, 1978, s 14; No. 29, 1981, s 2; No. 68, 2000, ss 11
and 12
sch rep No. 46, 1966, s
6
ins No. 47, 1977, s 4