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CommonProblemsInNeighbourhoods
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Common problems in neighbourhoods and Disputes between neighbours can arise over all sorts of issues, ranging from the exact position of boundaries to noisy chi...
YoungPeopleAndCrime
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Young People and Crime , and In the Northern Territory, anyone over the age of 10 can be charged with a criminal offence. People aged between ten and 18 who are...
RoadRulesAndTrafficOffences
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Road rules and traffic offences , and current to October 2025. Glossary of terms used in chapter: CCA Act – Criminal Code Act 1983 (NT) Schedule 1 SA Act – S...
SharedOwnership
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Shared ownership , and Everyone lives as part of a community. Even people who own freehold properties in the suburbs or rural areas must adapt to the customs an...
Childcare
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Education and Care Services in the Northern Territory and Quality Education and Care NT (QECNT) Quality Education and Care NT (QECNT) is the regulatory authori...
InvestigationAndArrest
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Investigation and arrest , and Abbreviations used in this chapter: BA: Bail Act 1982CA: Customs Act 1901CCA: Criminal Code Act 1983DPP: Director of Public Prose...
ComplaintsAboutGovernmentAdministration
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Complaints about government administration , and Administrative law is the body of law that applies to the administrative actions and decision making processes ...
ElderAbuse
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Elder abuse and Introduction Older persons’ abuse (elder abuse) is a significant and growing issue in the Northern Territory (NT). According to the 2021 census...
PersonalViolenceRestrainingOrders
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Personal Violence Restraining Orders and What is a PVRO? A PVRO is a protection order made by the NT Local Court under the Personal Violence Restraining Orders...
Bail
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Bail , and The law governing bail is set out in the Bail Act 1982 (NT) (“BA Act Act”) and applies to both adults and young persons. The Youth Justice Act (NT) al...
Prisoners
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Prisoners and Prisons , and In the NT the main legislation governing prison matters is the Correctional Services Act 2014 NT (CSA) and Correctional Services Reg...
OnReleaseFromPrison
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Parole and Release , and The Commissioner and the correctional facility must release a prisoner from the prison on their release date section 61 of the Correct...
LegalActionsByPrisoners
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Complaints and Legal Assistance , and Complaint Options A prisoner who has a grievance may be able to have it resolved without going to a court. Complaints can...
Sentencing
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Sentencing , and The laws governing sentencing determine how the community deals with a person once they have been found guilty of an offence. These laws apply i...
TrademarksDesignsAndPatents
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Trade marks, Designs and Patents , and Abbreviations used in this chapter : ACC: Australian Copyright Council : AMCOS: Australasian Mechanical Copyright O...
GoingToCourt
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Going to court , and This section explains the process of what happens when a person is charged with a criminal offence and required to go to court. The court p...
NationalDisabilityInsuranceScheme
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National Disability Insurance Scheme , and The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was established in 2013 by the National Disability Insurance Scheme A...
DogsAndOtherAnimals
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Dogs and other animals , and In the NT several sources of law govern the treatment and responsibilities related to dogs and other domestic animals. These includ...
BuyingAndSellingRealEstate
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Buying and selling a house , and This section aims to be a general guide to buying and selling a house and does not contain enough information for a person to d...
ContractsAndConsumerProtection
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Contracts and consumer protection , , and How does contract and consumer law help you? People make contracts every day, but may not realise it. For example, bu...
NTLawHandbook
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Northern Territory Law Handbook Welcome to the Northern Territory Law Handbook: an easy to read guide to law in the Northern Territory. This approach to providing...
Superannuation
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Superannuation , Superannuation schemes Introduction The federal government encourages people to save for retirement in a variety of ways. Mainly, the governme...
HealthInsurance
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Health insurance and Types of health insurance Medicare is a taxpayer funded health cover scheme that gives all permanent Australian residents a basic level of...
MentalHealth
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Mental health , and Unlike other users of the health system, those suffering or thought to be suffering from a mental illness or mental disturbance can be bro...
BusinessesStructuredForProfit
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Businesses structured for profit and A person who wants to start their own business has available to them a number of different business structures, ranging fro...
AdultGuardianship
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Adult Guardianship , and About guardianship What is guardianship? Guardianship is the framework that gives legal authority to a guardian to make decisions on ...
DomesticAndFamilyViolence
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Domestic and family violence , , Introduction What is Domestic Violence? 'Domestic violence' includes where one person in a domestic relationship (see Who can ...
AdvancePersonalPlanning
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Advance Personal Planning , and The Advance Personal Planning Act 2013 (NT) (APP Act) enables people to make plans about how decisions are to be made for them i...
Paternity
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Paternity , and Paternity of a child may be an issue in child support matters, family law matters and matters relating to wills and estates. There are legal pres...
HumanRights
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Human rights , and Treaties binding on Australia Australia has agreed to be bound by a range of international human rights treaties. The seven key internationa...
PublishPluginHistory
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Publishing Details Publisher: AdminUser Date: 02 Sep 2016 16:26 Dir: /home/www/foswiki/pub/publish/ URL: http://austlii.community/foswiki/pub/publish// Web(s): ...
SexWork
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Sex Work and Sex work in the NT is regulated by the Sex Industry Act 2019 (NT) (SI Act), which commenced on 12 June 2020. Before the commencement of the SI Act...
DealingWithLawyers
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Dealing with lawyers and The word lawyer is a general term that applies to anyone who has been 'admitted' to the legal profession by a Supreme Court in an Aus...
MediaRulesAndComplaints
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Media Rules Complaints , and Introduction Media includes print (newspapers, magazines, newsletters); digital broadcast (radio, television and subscription te...
Discrimination
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Discrimination and The area of discrimination is covered by both Territory and Federal laws. The Anti Discrimination Act (ADA) is the main piece of Northern Ter...
CourtsAndTribunals
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Courts and Tribunals , and In Australia, courts and tribunals are organised into a hierarchy and are divided into two different areas: federal and state/territo...
InternetAndOnlineSafety
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Internet online safety and Introduction Media includes print (newspapers, magazines, newsletters); digital broadcast (radio, television and subscription televi...
Copyrights
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Copyright , and This section deals with the general principles and issues associated with the copyright laws, and the most commonly asked questions about copyrig...
HealthAndCommunityServicesComplaints
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Health and Community Services Complaints , and Health and Community Services Complaints Commission (HCSCC) The Health and Community Services Complaints Commiss...
WebPreferences
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NTLawHbk Web Preferences Appearance * Set WEBBGCOLOR = #efefef * web specific background color, current color * Set SITEMAPLIST = off * *...
HealthConsumerRights
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Health consumer rights and Health law in the NT is governed by a myriad of NT legislation, Commonwealth legislation and the common law. This section deals only ...
SexualOffences
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Sexual offences , and Sexual offences raise a range of potentially complex issues, including specific evidentiary provisions, procedural rules, sentencing and r...
WebMenu
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WebMenu Definition of site wide horizontal menu Implementation %IF{"'' ingroup 'AdminGroup'" then="$percntINCLUDE{\".SiteMenu\" section=\"admin...
Building
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Building , and Legislative scheme In the NT, building work is regulated primarily by the following Acts: * Architects Act 1963 (NT) * Building Act 1993 (N...
MakingAClaim
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Making a claim , and As soon as possible following the event giving rise to the claim, policyholders must: * inform the insurer of the incident. Notification...
Insurance
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Insurance , and Introduction Insurance is a way to manage financial risk through an agreement with an insurance company (insurer) to cover certain types of loss...
Protection
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Protection , and Electronic Banking Protection The Epayments Code The Epayments Code is a voluntary code of practice that virtually all banks, building societi...
Banking
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Banking , and Bank Accounts Opening an account When a person opens a bank account they are entering into a contract with their financial firm. To prove identit...
BankingIntroduction
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Banking Introduction , and Dealing with a bank is, in many respects, similar to dealing with any other business. A bank offers services, which a customer may ch...
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