Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts7. Civil remedies
(1) Where an act is declared by the Code to be lawful, no action shall be brought in respect of that act.
(2) Subject to subsection (1):
(a) this Act does not affect a right of action that a person would have had against another person if this Act had not been passed; and
(b) no omission from the Code of a penal provision in respect of an act or omission that before the commencement of this Act constituted an actionable wrong affects a right of action in respect of that act or omission.