Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The purpose of this section is to remove any doubt about the following during the prescribed period:
(a) the application of the Act because of the repeal of the Water Supply and Sewerage Act and the commencement of the Water Supply and Sewerage Services Act 2000 ;
(b) the validity of the performance of a function or exercise of a power under the Act.
(2) During the prescribed period, it is declared that:
(a) the Act continued to apply in relation to work carried out in each relevant area despite the repeal of the Water Supply and Sewerage Act ; and
(b) the performance of a function or exercise of a power under the Act was validly performed or exercised even if performed or exercised in relation to a relevant area.
(3) A person cannot be held criminally liable in relation to an act or omission during the prescribed period in relation to work in a relevant area only because of a declaration under this section.
(4) In this section:
"exercise of a power "includes the purported exercise of a power.
"performance of a function "includes the purported performance of a function.
"prescribed period "means the period starting on 1 January 2001 and ending on the day immediately before the commencement of this section.
"relevant area" means an area that, on 31 December 2000, was any of the following:
(a) a sewerage district or water district declared or deemed to have been declared under section 10 of the repealed Water Supply and Sewerage Act ;
(b) a sewered area declared or deemed to be a sewered area under section 12 of that Act;
(c) a water supply area declared under section 13 of that Act.
"the Act "means this Act as in force from time to time during the prescribed period.