Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2008C00194:section:5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2008C00194
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 5
Character Range: 2966–4465

5  Legislative powers of Territory

  The legislative powers of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory conferred by section 6 of the Northern Territory (Self‑Government) Act 1978 extend to the making of:
 (a) all such laws of the Territory as could be made by virtue of those powers if the coastal waters of the Territory, as extending from time to time, were within the limits of the Territory, including laws applying in or in relation to the sea‑bed and subsoil beneath, and the airspace above, the coastal waters of the Territory;
 (b) laws of the Territory having effect in or in relation to waters within the adjacent area in respect of the Territory but beyond the outer limits of the coastal waters of the Territory, including laws applying in or in relation to the sea‑bed and subsoil beneath, and the airspace above, the first‑mentioned waters, being laws with respect to:
 (i) subterranean mining from land within the limits of the Territory; or
 (ii) ports, harbours and other shipping facilities, including installations, and dredging and other works, relating thereto, and other coastal works; and
 (c) laws of the Territory with respect to fisheries in Australian waters beyond the outer limits of the coastal waters of the Territory, being laws applying to or in relation to those fisheries only to the extent to which those fisheries are, under an arrangement to which the Commonwealth and the Territory are parties, to be managed in accordance with the laws of the Territory.