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NORTHERN TERRITORY NATIONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACT 2007 


TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title [see Note 1]  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Definitions  
   4.      Prescribed areas  
   5.      Object of this Act  
   6.      Sunset provision  

   PART 2--ALCOHOL

           Division 1--Preliminary

   6A.     Object of Part  
   7.      Interpretation  
   8.      Commission and Director must provide information  
   9.      Modifications  
   10.     Effect of modified Northern Territory laws  

           Division 2--Prescribed areas

   11.     Notice of areas  
   12.     Modification: prescribed areas  
   13.     Modification: licences within prescribed area  
   14.     Modification: permits within prescribed area  
   15.     Orders for interlocutory relief  
   16.     Offence relating to notices  
   17.     Things to be taken into account in deciding whether to seize vehicles  
   18.     Application of Police Administration Act  
   19.     Declarations by Commonwealth Minister  
   19A.    Reapplication of the provisions of this Division  

           Division 4--Liquor Regulations

   23.     Liquor Regulations  
   24.     Declarations by Commonwealth Minister  

           Division 5--Application of offences

   25.     Application of offences  

           Division 6--Certain things not valid

   25A.    Certain things not valid  
   25B.    Declarations by Commonwealth Minister  

   PART 3--REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLICLY FUNDED COMPUTERS

   26.     Obligation to install filters  
   27.     Keeping records of use of publicly funded computers  
   28.     Development of acceptable use policy  
   29.     Auditing publicly funded computers  
   30.     Offences  

   PART 4--ACQUISITION OF RIGHTS, TITLES AND INTERESTS IN LAND

           Division 1A--Preliminary

   30A.    Object of Part  

           Division 1--Grants of leases for 5 years

              Subdivision A--Grant of lease

   31.     Grant of lease for 5 years  
   32.     Commencement of certain leases  
   33.     Commencement of certain other leases  
   34.     Preserving any existing right, title or other interest  
   35.     Terms and conditions of leases  
   35A.    Guidelines for exercise of powers under subsection 35(5)  
   36.     Determination of additional terms and conditions  
   36A.    Administering leases  
   37.     Termination etc. of rights, titles, interests or leases  
   37A.    Negotiations on terms and conditions of another lease  

              Subdivision B--Special provisions relating to particular land

   38.     Continuation of traditional land claim for Canteen Creek  
   39.     Earlier lease of Nauiyu (Daly River)  
   40.     Leases of Finke and Kalkarindji held by Aputula Social Club Incorporated, Aputula Housing Association Incorporated or Daguragu Community Government Council  
   41.     Modification of Crown Lands Act  
   42.     Rights of way  

           Division 2--Acquisition of rights, titles and interests relating to town camps

              Subdivision A--Resumption and forfeiture of land under the Special Purposes Leases Act

   43.     Effect of Special Purposes Leases Act  
   44.     Modification of Special Purposes Leases Act  

              Subdivision B--Resumption and forfeiture of land under the Crown Lands Act

   45.     Effect of Crown Lands Act  
   46.     Modification of Crown Lands Act  

              Subdivision C--Vesting rights, titles and interests in land in the Commonwealth

   47.     Vesting rights, titles and interests in land in the Commonwealth  
   48.     Preservation of specified rights, titles and interests  
   49.     Termination of existing rights, titles or interests  

           Division 3--Effect of other laws in relation to land covered by this Part etc

   50.     Application of Commonwealth and Northern Territory laws  
   51.     Native Title Act  
   52.     Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act  
   53.     Public Works Committee Act  
   54.     Application of Commonwealth laws  
   55.     Registration of dealings with land done by force of this Act  
   56.     Stamp duty and taxes not payable  
   57.     Law relating to subdivisions not to apply to leases granted under section 31  
   58.     Modification of certain NT laws for land covered by this Part etc.  
   59.     Application of laws of Northern Territory to land covered by this Part  

           Division 4--Miscellaneous

   60.     Compensation for acquisition of property  
   61.     Amounts paid or payable  
   62.     Payment of agreed amounts or rent etc.  
   63.     Appropriation  
   64.     Modification of Part 4 of Schedule 1 by the regulations  

   PART 5--BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AREAS

           Division 1--Funding agreements

   65.     Commonwealth may vary or terminate funding agreements  
   66.     Effect of varied funding agreement  

           Division 2--Directions relating to services provided in business management areas

              Subdivision A--Directions relating to services

   67.     Minister may give directions relating to services  

              Subdivision B--Directions relating to assets

   68.     Minister may give directions relating to assets  

              Subdivision C--Compliance

   69.     Civil penalty--failing to comply with direction  

              Subdivision D--Miscellaneous

   70.     Directions--relationship with existing laws etc.  
   71.     Directions--publication  

           Division 3--Observers of community services entities

   72.     Minister may appoint observers  
   73.     Notices  
   74.     Civil penalty--failing to give notice etc. of meeting  
   75.     Application of Division  

           Division 4--Commonwealth management in business management areas

              Subdivision A--Commonwealth management of community government councils

   76.     Definitions  
   77.     Effect of Local Government Act  
   78.     Community government councils--Commonwealth management  

              Subdivision B--Commonwealth management of incorporated associations

   79.     Definitions  
   80.     Effect of Associations Act  
   81.     Incorporated associations--Commonwealth management  

           Division 5--Enforcement

              Subdivision A--Civil penalties

   82.     Federal Court may order person to pay pecuniary penalty for contravening civil penalty provision  
   83.     Persons involved in contravening civil penalty provision  
   84.     Relief for contravening civil penalty provisions  
   85.     Recovery of a pecuniary penalty  
   86.     Gathering information for application for pecuniary penalty  
   87.     Continuing and multiple contraventions of civil penalty provisions  

              Subdivision B--Application of civil penalty provisions

   88.     Application of civil penalty provisions  

              Subdivision C--Injunctions

   89.     Injunctions  

   PART 6--BAIL AND SENTENCING

   90.     Matters to be considered in certain bail applications  
   91.     Matters to which court is to have regard when passing sentence etc.  

   PART 7--LICENSING OF COMMUNITY STORES

           Division 1A--Object of Part

   91A.    Object of Part  

           Division 1--Meaning of expressions

   91B.    Meaning of food security  
   92.     Meaning of community store  
   93.     Meaning of assessable matters  
   93A.    Meanings of owner and manager  
   93B.    Unincorporated associations and partnerships  
   93C.    More than one owner or manager of a community store  

           Division 2--Assessments of community stores

   94.     Community stores may be assessed  
   95.     Notice in relation to assessments  

           Division 2A--Secretary may require community store licences

   95A.    Secretary may decide whether a community store licence is required  

           Division 3--Licensing of community stores

              Subdivision A--Granting and refusing to grant community store licences

   96.     Application for a community store licence  
   97.     Decision to grant or refuse a community store licence  
   98.     Community store licence may relate to more than one store  
   99.     Procedure before refusing to grant a community store licence  
   100.    Duration of community store licence  
   101.    Notice of decision  

              Subdivision B--Conditions of community store licences

   102.    Community store licence is subject to conditions  
   103.    Conditions that may be specified or imposed  
   104.    Condition about satisfactory performance  
   105.    Condition about monitoring and audits  

              Subdivision C--Revocation and variation of community store licences

   106.    Revocation of community store licence  
   107.    Variation of community store licence  
   108.    Notice to be given before varying, revoking or refusing to vary a community store licence  
   108A.   Requirements for notices relating to varying, revoking or refusing to vary a community store licence  

           Division 4--Requirement to register under the Corporations

   110.    Secretary may require registration under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006  
   111.    Secretary may revoke licence if owner does not become registered  

           Division 4A--Certain community stores not eligible to participate in income management

   112.    Community stores not eligible to participate in income management--failure to hold a licence  
   113.    Consequences of community store not being eligible to participate in income management regime  

           Division 5--Authorised officers

   116.    Appointment of authorised officers  
   117.    Identity cards  
   118.    Power to enter premises for the purpose of making assessments  
   119.    Authorised officers may obtain access to records and assistance [see Note 2]  
   120.    Power to request information  

           Division 6--Other matters

              Subdivision A--Interaction with other laws

   121.    Application of laws of Northern Territory to community stores  
   122.    Interaction with other Commonwealth laws  

              Subdivision B--Legislative instruments

   123.    Minister may make instruments relating to the meaning of community store  
   123A.   Community consultation  
   123B.   Criteria for making legislative instrument  
   124.    Minister may specify conditions by legislative instrument  
   125.    Minister may issue guidelines about assessable matters  

              Subdivision C--Other matters

   127.    Application of offences  
   127A.   Review of decisions  

   PART 8--MISCELLANEOUS

   128.    Delegation  
   129.    Modification of Northern Territory laws  
   130.    References in Northern Territory or Commonwealth laws  
   131.    Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act  
   134.    Compensation for acquisition of property  
   135.    Regulations  
           SCHEDULE 1 Property descriptions
           SCHEDULE 2 Business management areas
           SCHEDULE 3 Funding agreements
           SCHEDULE 4 Commonwealth management in business management areas: modification of Northern Territory laws

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