Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT - SECT 5

In this Ordinance, unless the contrary intention appears:

Commissioner means the Commissioner of Police appointed under the Police Administration Act .

loiter means to idle or linger about.

member means member of the Police Force.

night-time means the interval between 9 o'clock in the evening and 6 o'clock in the morning.

Police Force means the Police Force of the Northern Territory.

public place or place of public resort includes:

(a) every place to which free access is permitted to the public, with the express or tacit consent of the owner or occupier thereof; and

(b) every place to which the public are admitted on payment of money, the test of the admittance being the payment of the money only; and

(c) every road, street, footway, court, alley or thoroughfare which the public are allowed to use, notwithstanding that the road, street, footway, court, alley or thoroughfare may be formed on private property.

undue noise means any noise that causes unreasonable distress, annoyance or irritation to any person by reason of its level or character or the time at which it is made.