Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

LIMITATION ACT - SECT 3

(1) The Imperial Acts listed in Part I of the Schedule, to the extent therein indicated, cease to apply to the Northern Territory.

(2) The Acts of the State of South Australia listed in Part II of the Schedule cease to apply as laws of the Territory.

(3) Each Act of the State of South Australia listed in Part III of the Schedule is, to the extent therein indicated, amended in its application to the Territory.

(4) Each Act of the Territory listed in Part IV of the Schedule is, to the extent therein indicated, amended.

(5) Subject to section 9, whether or not an enactment or part of an enactment applying in the Territory (whether an Imperial Act or an Act of the State of South Australia) is repealed by virtue of this section, this Act shall -

(a) apply in respect of all those actions to which it is expressed to apply including the giving of notice of a proposal to institute an action, as a codification of the law relating to the limitation of actions; and

(b) operate to the exclusion of all Imperial Acts and Acts of South Australia applying in the Territory which contain provisions relating to the limitation of actions, including provisions relating to the giving of notice of a proposal to institute an action.

(6) The Regulations may amend the Schedule by -

(a) adding to the list of Imperial Acts in Part I thereof and indicating the extent to which the Acts so added cease to apply to the Territory;

(b) varying Part I thereof by further limiting the extent to which the Imperial Acts listed therein apply to the Territory;

(c) adding to the list of Acts of the State of South Australia in Part II thereof;

(d) adding to the list of Acts of the State of South Australia in Part III thereof and indicating the extent to which the Acts so added are amended in their application to the Territory; and

(e) varying Part III thereof by further limiting the extent to which the Acts of the State of South Australia listed therein apply as laws of the Territory.