Statutory Rules

1979 No. 205

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NORTHER TERRITORY
(SELF-GOVERNMENT) ACT 19781

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

 Dated this twentieth day of September 1979.

 ZELMAN COWEN

 Governor-General

 By His Excellency’s Command,

R. ELLICOTT

Minister of State for Home Affairs

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AMENDMENTS OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY
(SELF-GOVERNMENT) REGULATIONS2

1 Commencement

  The amendments effected by regulation 2 shall come into operation on 1 October 1979.

2 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 from sub-regulation (1)–

“Maintenance of law and order and the administration of justice (including legal aid and correctional services)”

and substituting–

“Courts (including the procedures of the courts and the remuneration of the judiciary but not including the construction, at Alice Springs, of buildings for use by superior courts)

Legal aid

Maintenance of law and order and the administration of justice

Correctional services”;

 (b) by inserting after “Private law” in sub-regulation (1) “The legal profession”;

 (c) by adding “or” at the end of paragraph (2) (a); and

 (d) by omitting paragraphs (2) (c) and (2) (d).

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 27 September 1979.

2. Statutory Rules 1978 No. 102 as amended by Statutory Rules 1978 Nos. 168 and 290; and 1979 No. 118.