Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated ActsIn this Act:
appropriate officer has the meaning in section 10.
"approved" means approved by the Director.
"bailiff" includes a member of the Police Force.
"complaint" includes an information.
"courtesy letter", see section 15(1).
"Director" means the person appointed under section 29 to be the Director of the Fines Recovery Unit and includes a person acting as the Director.
"enforcement action", in relation to an enforcement order, means action under this Act to give effect to the enforcement order.
"enforcement agency", in relation to an infringement notice, means:
(a) a person or body responsible for the administration of the Act; or
(b) a competent authority for the purposes of the law,
under which the infringement notice was issued.
"enforcement costs" means enforcement costs within the meaning of section 41 or 53.
"enforcement order" means a fine enforcement order or penalty enforcement order.
fine has the meaning in section 6.
"fine defaulter" means a person liable to pay an amount under an enforcement order.
fine enforcement order has the meaning in section 49.
"Fines Recovery Unit" means the Fines Recovery Unit established by section 27.
"function" includes a power, an authority and a duty.
infringement notice has the meaning in section 9.
"law enforcement officer" means a person exercising law enforcement functions in an official capacity and includes the following:
(a) the Director of Public Prosecutions or a member of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions;
(b) a Crown prosecutor;
(c) a member of the Police Force;
(d) an employee within the meaning of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act ;
(e) an officer or employee of a statutory corporation;
(f) an officer or employee of a council within the meaning of the Local Government Act ;
(g) an inspector under the Animal Welfare Act ;
(h) an officer or employee of a kind prescribed by the Regulations.
"licence to drive" means a licence to drive granted under the Motor Vehicles Act .
"order for restitution or compensation", see section 6(1)(da).
penalty has the meaning in section 6.
penalty enforcement order has the meaning in section 36.
"post", in relation to the service of a notice under this Act, includes to a Post Office box or other mailing address and the use of a private mail carrier.
"registered", in relation to a vehicle, means registered under the Motor Vehicles Act .
"Registrar", in relation to a court, means a Registrar or clerk of the court.
"youth" has the same meaning as in the Youth Justice Act .