Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated ActsIn this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
"complainant" means a person on or against whom a sexual offence is alleged to have been committed.
"court" includes a Justice acting under Part V of the Justices Act .
"defendant" means a person charged with having committed a sexual offence.
"examination of witnesses" means an examination of witnesses in relation to a sexual offence, commenced after the commencement of this Act and taken under Part V of the Justices Act .
"report" means an account in writing or an account broadcast by wireless telegraphy in sound or in visual images.
"sexual offence" means an indictable offence involving:
(a) sexual intercourse or sexual penetration; or
(b) a sexual relationship; or
(c) sexual abuse; or
(d) indecent touching or an indecent assault; or
(e) any other indecent act directed against a person or committed in the presence of a child; or
(f) the making, collection, exhibition or display of an indecent object or indecent material; or
(g) sexual servitude or any other form of sexual exploitation; or
(h) an attempt to commit, an act of procuring, or any other act preparatory to the commission of, any of the above.
"trial" means a trial of a defendant or a proceeding taken with a view to sentencing a defendant found guilty of a sexual offence which, in either case, is commenced after the commencement of this Act.