Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) A violent act is a criminal act, or a series of related criminal acts, whether committed by one or more persons, that:
(a) occurs in the Territory; and
(b) directly results in the injury or death of one or more persons regardless of where the injury or death occurs.
(2) For this section, a criminal act is an act, omission or event done, made or caused by a person:
(a) that constitutes a criminal offence; or
(b) if the person is excused from criminal responsibility due to age, mental impairment or other legal incapacity or by some other lawful defence – that would otherwise constitute a criminal offence.
(3) A series of related criminal acts occurs if:
(a) 2 or more acts are committed against the same person; and
(b) 2 or more of those acts:
(i) occur at approximately the same time; or
(ii) occur over a period of time and are committed by the same person or group of persons; or
(iii) share another common factor.
(4) A series of related criminal acts, whether committed by one or more persons, constitutes a single violent act.
(5) A criminal act may be related to another criminal act even though charges for offences constituted by those criminal acts are tried or heard separately.
(6) A criminal act for which financial assistance has been awarded is not related to another criminal act that occurs after the date on which the assessor gives notice of the award to the Director under section 44(1).
(7) For this Act, a person who attempts to commit a criminal act is taken to have committed the criminal act.