Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts43BY. Application and effect of Division
(1) This Division extends the application of a law of the Territory that creates an offence beyond the territorial limits of the Territory (and Australia) if the required geographical nexus exists for the offence.
(2) If a law that creates an offence provides for any geographical consideration for an offence, the provision prevails over any inconsistent provision of this Division.
Examples for subsection (2)
1 A law creating an offence may provide that the place of commission of the offence is (explicitly or by necessary implication) an element of the offence.
2 A law creating an offence may provide for its application outside the Territory and exclude (explicitly or by necessary implication) the requirement for a geographical nexus between the Territory and an element of the offence.