Mutual Recognition (Northern Territory) Act 1992

This Act may be cited as the Mutual Recognition (Northern

Territory) Act 1992.

This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by the

Administrator by notice in the Gazette.

The Administrator may, by notice in the Gazette, at any time not earlier than the end of the period of 5 years commencing on the date of commencement of the Commonwealth Act, fix a date on which this Act shall expire, and this Act shall expire accordingly.

If some provisions of the Commonwealth Act commence before others, the reference in subsection (1) to the date of commencement of that Act shall be taken to be a reference to the date of commencement of the first to commence of the first-mentioned provisions.

In this Act, Commonwealth Act means the Act of the

Parliament of the Commonwealth, enacted as referred to in section

5(1), and as amended and in force from time to time.

The Legislative Assembly requests the enactment by the

Parliament of the Commonwealth of an Act in, or substantially in, the terms set out in the Schedule and subject to subsection (2) the continuation in force of the Act when so enacted.

The Legislative Assembly requests the Parliament of the

Commonwealth to amend the Commonwealth Act (other than the Schedules) but only in terms which are approved by the designated person for each of the then participating jurisdictions.

For the purposes of this section, a participating jurisdiction is:

a State for which there is in force an Act of its Parliament that refers to the Parliament of the Commonwealth, to the extent to which they are not otherwise included in the legislative powers of the

Parliament of the Commonwealth, matters to which the Schedule relates, or that adopts the Commonwealth Act, under paragraph (xxxvii) of section 51 of the Commonwealth Constitution; or

the Territory or the Australian Capital Territory (while there is in force an Act of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian Capital

Territory that requests the Parliament of the Commonwealth to enact the Commonwealth Act or that enables the Commonwealth Act to apply in relation to the Australian Capital Territory).

For the purposes of this section, the designated person for a

State is the Governor, for the Australian Capital Territory is the

Chief Minister and for the Northern Territory is the Administrator.

For the purposes of section 5(2), the Administrator may, by notice in the Gazette approve the terms of amendments of the

Commonwealth Act.