Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGE SERVICES ACT - SECT 5

    (1)     This Act binds the Crown.

    (2)     Nothing in this Act renders the Crown in any of its capacities liable to be prosecuted for an offence.

    (3)     Subsection (2) does not apply to an authority of the Territory granted a licence under this Act.

    (4)     For the purposes of this section, a reference to the Crown extends:

        (a)     not only to the Crown in right of this Territory but also (so far as the legislative power of the Territory permits) to the Crown in any other capacity; and

        (b)     to an instrumentality of the Crown, and to an officer or employee of the Crown and any contractor or other person who carries out functions on behalf of the Crown.