Interpretation Act 1978

Subject to section 2, this Act applies to each Act, and to each

Ordinance and Act of the State of South Australia in its application to the Northern Territory, and to each Ordinance of the Northern

Territory, whether made before or after the making of this Act, including this Act, as though that law were an Act.

This Act binds the Crown not only in right of the Territory but, so far as the legislative power of the Legislative Assembly permits, the Crown in all its other capacities.

In the application of a provision of this Act to a provision, whether in this Act or in another law, the first-mentioned provision yields to the appearance of an intention to the contrary in that other provision.