Statutory Rules

1978 No. 168

REGULATION UNDER THE NORTHERN TERRITORY (SELF-GOVERNMENT) ACT 1978*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978.

Dated this thirteenth day of September 1978.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

SGD EVAN ADERMANN

Minister of State for the Northern Territory

AMENDMENTS OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY (SELF-GOVERNMENT) REGULATIONS†

Matters in respect of which Ministers of the Territory have executive authority

Regulation 4 of the Northern Territory (Self-Government) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting the first 2 matters specified in sub-regulation (1);

(b) by omitting from the second last matter specified in sub-regulation (1) “ the Commonwealth or ”;

(c) by omitting from sub-regulation (2) “ Matters ” and substituting “ Subject to sub-regulation (6), a matter ”; and

* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 19 September 1978.

† Statutory Rules 1978, No. 102.

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(d) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulations:

“ (5) The Ministers of the Territory are also to have executive authority under section 35 of the Act in respect of the following matters;

(a) matters in respect of which enactments may be made under sections 12, 13 and 54 and Part V of the Act;

(b) matters in respect of which duties, powers, functions or authorities are expressly imposed or conferred by or under another Act in force in the Territory on a Minister of the Territory;

(c) matters under an enactment (including the making of regulations, rules, by-laws and other instruments) made for the purposes of, and to the extent provided by, such another Act that expressly provides for the making of such an enactment;

(d) the making of instruments (including regulations, rules or by-laws) under enactments other than those referred to in paragraph (c), not being instruments making provision for or in relation to a matter referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) of sub-regulation (2);

(e) agreements between the Territory and the Commonwealth.

“ (6) Sub-regulation (2) does not apply to a matter specified in sub-regulation (1) if the matter is also included in the matters specified in sub-regulation (5).”.

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