{"id":"competition-policy-reform-northern-territory-act-1996","name":"Competition Policy Reform (Northern Territory) Act 1996","slug":"competition-policy-reform-northern-territory-act-1996","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"nt","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":29939,"registerId":"nt-competition-policy-reform-northern-territory-act-1996-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Competition Policy Reform (Northern Territory) Act 1996","content":"NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA\nCOMPETITION POLICY REFORM (NORTHERN TERRITORY) ACT 1996\nAs in force at 10 February 2026\nTable of provisions\nPart 1 Preliminary\n1 Short title ......................................................................................... 1\n2 Commencement .............................................................................. 1\n3 Interpretation ................................................................................... 1\nPart 2 Competition Code\n4 Competition Code text ..................................................................... 4\n5 Application of Competition Code ..................................................... 4\n6 Future modifications of Competition Code text ................................ 4\n7 Interpretation of Competition Code .................................................. 5\n8 Application of Competition Code ..................................................... 6\n9 Special provisions............................................................................ 6\nPart 3 Citing the Competition Codes\n10 Citation of Competition Code of this jurisdiction .............................. 7\n11 References to Competition Code..................................................... 7\n12 References to Competition Codes of other jurisdictions .................. 7\nPart 4 Application of Competition Codes to\nCrown\n13 Application law of this jurisdiction .................................................... 7\n14 Application law of other jurisdictions ................................................ 8\n15 Activities that are not business ........................................................ 8\n16 Crown not liable to pecuniary penalty or prosecution ...................... 9\n17 This Part overrides the prerogative.................................................. 9\nPart 5 National administration and enforcement\nof Competition Codes\nDivision 1 Preliminary\n18 Object ............................................................................................ 10\nDivision 2 Conferral of functions\n19 Conferral of functions and powers on certain bodies ..................... 10\n\nCompetition Policy Reform (Northern Territory) Act 1996 ii\n20 Conferral of other functions and powers for purposes of law in\nthis jurisdiction ............................................................................... 10\nDivision 3 Jurisdiction of Courts\n21 Jurisdiction of Federal Court .......................................................... 10\n22 Jurisdiction of courts of this jurisdiction ......................................... 10\n23 Exercise of jurisdiction under cross-vesting provisions.................. 11\nDivision 4 Offences\n24 Object ............................................................................................ 11\n25 Application of Commonwealth laws to offences against\nCompetition Code of this jurisdiction ............................................. 12\n26 Application of Commonwealth laws to offences against\nCompetition Codes of other jurisdictions ....................................... 12\n27 Functions and powers conferred on Commonwealth officers\nand authorities ............................................................................... 12\n28 Restriction of functions and powers of officers and authorities\nof this jurisdiction ........................................................................... 13\nDivision 5 Administrative law\n29 Definition........................................................................................ 13\n30 Application of Commonwealth administrative laws to\nCompetition Code of this jurisdiction ............................................. 14\n31 Application of Commonwealth administrative laws to\nCompetition Codes of other jurisdictions ....................................... 14\n32 Functions and powers conferred on Commonwealth officers\nand authorities ............................................................................... 15\n33 Restriction of functions and powers of officers and authorities\nof this jurisdiction ........................................................................... 15\nPart 6 Miscellaneous\n34 No doubling-up of liabilities ............................................................ 15\n35 Things done for multiple purposes................................................. 16\n36 Reference in Commonwealth law to a provision of another law .... 16\n37 Fees and other money................................................................... 16\n38 Regulations.................................................................................... 16\n39 Regulations for exceptions under section 51 of Competition\nand Consumer Act or Code ........................................................... 17\nPart 7 Transitional rules\n40 Definitions ...................................................................................... 17\n41 Existing contracts .......................................................................... 17\n42 Section 51 exceptions ................................................................... 18\n43 Temporary exemption from pecuniary penalties ............................ 18\n\nCompetition Policy Reform (Northern Territory) Act 1996 iii\n44 Advance authorisations ................................................................. 18\n45 Regulations relating to savings and transitional matters................ 18\nENDNOTES\n\n\n\nNORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA\n____________________\nAs in force at 10 February 2026\n____________________\nCOMPETITION POLICY REFORM (NORTHERN TERRITORY) ACT 1996\nAn Act to apply certain laws of the Commonwealth relating to\ncompetition policy as laws of the Territory, and for other purposes\nPart 1 Preliminary\n1 Short title\nThis Act may be cited as the Competition Policy Reform (Northern\nTerritory) Act 1996.\n2 Commencement\n(1) Parts 1 and 7 shall come into operation on the day on which the\nAdministrator's assent to this Act is declared.\n(2) The remaining provisions of this Act shall come into operation on\nthe first day after the end of the period of 12 months after the day\non which the Competition Policy Reform Act 1995 (Cth) received\nthe Royal Assent, but, if the commencement of those provisions is\npostponed under subsection (3), they shall come into operation on\nthe day to which their commencement has been postponed (or the\nlater or latest of those days).\n(3) The commencement of the provisions referred to in subsection (2)\nmay be postponed from time to time by the Minister, by notice in the\nGazette, but any such postponement cannot be effected after the\nprovisions have commenced.\n3 Interpretation\n(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:\napplication law means:\n(a) a law of a participating jurisdiction that applies the Competition\nCode, either with or without modifications, as a law of the\nparticipating jurisdiction;\n(b) any regulations or other legislative instrument made under a\nlaw described in paragraph (a); or\n\nPart 1 Preliminary\nCompetition Policy Reform (Northern Territory) Act 1996 2\n(c) the Competition Code, applying as a law of the participating\njurisdiction, either with or without modifications.\nCommission means the Australian Competition and Consumer\nCommission established by section 6A of the Competition and\nConsumer Act, and includes a member of the Commission or a\nDivision of the Commission performing functions of the\nCommission.\nCompetition and Consumer Act means the Competition and\nConsumer Act 2010 (Cth).\nCompetition Code means (according to the context):\n(a) the Competition Code text; or\n(b) the Competition Code text, applying as a law of a participating\njurisdiction, either with or without modifications.\nCompetition Code text means the text described in section 4.\nConduct Code Agreement means the Conduct Code Agreement\nmade on 11 April 1995 between the Commonwealth, the State of\nNew South Wales, the State of Victoria, the State of Queensland,\nthe State of Western Australia, the State of South Australia, the\nState of Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern\nTerritory of Australia, as in force for the time being.\nCouncil means the National Competition Council established by\nsection 29A of the Competition and Consumer Act.\ninstrument means any document whatever, including:\n(a) an Act or an instrument made under an Act; or\n(b) a law of this jurisdiction or an instrument made under such a\nlaw; or\n(c) an award or other industrial determination or order, or an\nindustrial agreement; or\n(d) any other order (whether executive, judicial or otherwise); or\n(e) a notice, certificate or licence; or\n(f) an agreement; or\n(g) an application made, information or complaint laid, affidavit\nmade, or warrant issued, for any purpose; or\n(h) an indictment, presentment, summons or writ; or\n\nPart 1 Preliminary\nCompetition Policy Reform (Northern Territory) Act 1996 3\n(j) any other pleading in, or process issued in connection with, a\nlegal or other proceeding.\njurisdiction means a State.\nlaw, in relation to a Territory, means a law of, or in force in, that\nTerritory.\nmodifications includes additions, omissions and substitutions.\nmonth means a period commencing at the beginning of a day of\none of the 12 months of the year and ending immediately before the\nbeginning of the corresponding day of the next month or, if there is\nno such corresponding day, ending at the expiration of the next\nmonth.\nofficer, in relation to the Commonwealth, has the meaning given in\nPart XIA of the Competition and Consumer Act.\nparticipating jurisdiction means a jurisdiction that is a party to the\nConduct Code Agreement and applies the Competition Code as a\nlaw of the jurisdiction, either with or without modifications.\nSchedule version of Part IV means the text set out in Schedule 1,\nPart 1 of the Competition and Consumer Act.\nState includes a Territory.\nTerritory means the Territory or the Australian Capital Territory.\nthis jurisdiction means the Territory.\nTribunal means the Australian Competition Tribunal referred to in\nthe Competition and Consumer Act, and includes a member of the\nTribunal or a Division of the Tribunal performing functions of the\nTribunal.\n(2) If an expression is defined in the Competition and Consumer Act\nand is also used in this Act, the expression as used in this Act has,\nunless the contrary intention appears, the same meaning as in that\nAct.\n(3) In this Act, a reference to a Commonwealth Act includes a\nreference to:\n(a) that Commonwealth Act as amended and in force for the time\nbeing; and\n(b) an Act enacted in substitution for that Act.\n\nPart 2 Competition Code\nCompetition Policy Reform (Northern Territory) Act 1996 4\nPart 2 Competition Code\n4 Competition Code text\n(1) The Competition Code text consists of:\n(a) the Schedule version of Part IV;\n(b) the remaining provisions of the Competition and Consumer\nAct (except sections 2A, 5, 6 and 172), so far as they would\nrelate to the Schedule version if the Schedule version were\nsubstituted for Part IV of that Act; and\n(c) the regulations under the Competition and Consumer Act, so\nfar as they relate to any provisions covered by paragraph (a)\nor (b).\n(2) For the purpose of forming part of the Competition Code text:\n(a) the provisions referred to in subsection (1) (b) and (c) are to\nbe modified as necessary to fit in with the Schedule version of\nPart IV; and\n(b) in particular, references to corporations are to include\nreferences to persons who are not corporations.\n5 Application of Competition Code\n(1) The Competition Code text, as in force for the time being, applies\nas a law of the Territory.\n(2) This section has effect subject to section 6.\n6 Future modifications of Competition Code text\n(1) A modification made by a Commonwealth law to the Competition\nCode text after the commencement of this section:\n(a) does not apply under section 5 until at least the end of the\nperiod of 2 months after the date of the modification, unless\nthe Minister, by notice in the Gazette, appoints an earlier date;\nand\n(b) does not apply under that section at all, if the modification is\ndeclared by the notice to be excluded from the operation of\nthat section.\n\nPart 2 Competition Code\nCompetition Policy Reform (Northern Territory) Act 1996 5\n(2) A notice under subsection (1)(a):\n(a) cannot appoint a day that is earlier than the date of publication\nof the notice or that is earlier than the date on which the\nmodification of the text takes effect; and\n(b) is taken in such a case to appoint the date of publication of the\nnotice or the date on which the modification of the text takes\neffect, whichever is the later.\n(3) A notice under subsection (1)(b) has effect only if published or\nnotified before the end of 2 months after the date of the\nmodification.\n(4) Subsection (1)(b) ceases to apply to the modification if a further\nnotice by the Minister in the Gazette so provides.\n(5) For the purposes of this section, the date of the modification is the\ndate on which the Commonwealth Act effecting the modification\nreceives the Royal Assent or the regulation effecting the\nmodification is notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette.\n7 Interpretation of Competition Code\n(1) The Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth) applies as a law of this\njurisdiction to:\n(a) the Competition Code of this jurisdiction; and\n(b) any instrument under that Code.\n(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the Commonwealth Act\nmentioned in that subsection applies as if:\n(a) the statutory provisions in the Competition Code of this\njurisdiction were a Commonwealth Act; and\n(b) the regulations in the Competition Code of this jurisdiction or\ninstruments mentioned in that subsection were regulations or\ninstruments under a Commonwealth Act.\n(3) The Interpretation Act 1978 does not apply to:\n(a) the Competition Code of the Territory; or\n(b) any instrument under that Code.\n\nPart 2 Competition Code\nCompetition Policy Reform (Northern Territory) Act 1996 6\n8 Application of Competition Code\n(1) The Competition Code of this jurisdiction applies to and in relation\nto:\n(a) persons carrying on business within this jurisdiction;\n(b) bodies corporate taken to be registered in the Territory by\nvirtue of section 119A of the Corporations Act 2001;\n(c) persons ordinarily resident in this jurisdiction; or\n(d) persons otherwise connected with this jurisdiction.\n(2) Subject to subsection (1), the Competition Code of this jurisdiction\nextends to conduct, and other acts, matters and things, occurring or\nexisting outside or partly outside this jurisdiction (whether within or\noutside Australia).\n(3) Where a claim under section 82 of the Competition Code of this\njurisdiction is made in a proceeding, a person is not entitled to rely\nat a hearing in respect of that proceeding on conduct to which a\nprovision of the Code extends occurring outside Australia except\nwith the consent in writing of the Commonwealth Minister.\n(4) A person other than the Commonwealth Minister or the\nCommission is not entitled to make an application to the Court for\nan order under section 87(1) or (1A) of the Competition Code of this\njurisdiction in a proceeding in respect of conduct to which a\nprovision of the Code extends occurring outside Australia except\nwith the consent in writing of the Commonwealth Minister.\n(5) The Commonwealth Minister is required to give a consent under\nsubsection (3) or (4) in respect of a proceeding unless, in the\nopinion of the Commonwealth Minister:\n(a) the law of the country in which the conduct concerned was\nengaged in required or specifically authorised the engaging in\nof the conduct; and\n(b) it is not in the national interest that the consent be given.\n(6) In this section, Commonwealth Minister means a Minister of State\nfor the Commonwealth administering Part IV of the Competition and\nConsumer Act.\n9 Special provisions\nThe references in sections 45 and 45B of the Competition Code of\nthis or another participating jurisdiction to the commencement of\n\nPart 4 Application of Competition Codes to Crown\nCompetition Policy Reform (Northern Territory) Act 1996 7\nthis section are taken to be references to the commencement of\nthe provision of the law of that jurisdiction that provides that the\nCompetition Code text as in force for the time being applies as a\nlaw of that jurisdiction.\nPart 3 Citing the Competition Codes\n10 Citation of Competition Code of this jurisdiction\nThe Competition Code text applying as a law of this jurisdiction may\nbe cited as the Competition Code of the Territory.\n11 References to Competition Code\n(1) The object of this section is to help ensure that the Competition\nCode of this jurisdiction can operate, in appropriate circumstances,\nas if that Code, together with the Competition Code of each other\nparticipating jurisdiction, constituted a single national Competition\nCode applying throughout the participating jurisdictions.\n(2) A reference in an instrument to the Competition Code is a reference\nto the Competition Codes of any or all of the participating\njurisdictions.\n(3) Subsection (2) has effect except so far as the contrary intention\nappears in the instrument or the context of the reference otherwise\nrequires.\n12 References to Competition Codes of other jurisdictions\n(1) This section has effect for the purposes of an Act, a law of this\njurisdiction or an instrument under an Act or such a law.\n(2) If a law of a participating jurisdiction other than this jurisdiction\nprovides that the Competition Code text as in force for the time\nbeing applies as a law of that jurisdiction, the Competition Code of\nthat jurisdiction is the Competition Code text, applying as a law of\nthat jurisdiction.\nPart 4 Application of Competition Codes to Crown\n13 Application law of this jurisdiction\nThe application law of this jurisdiction binds (so far as the legislative\npower of the Legislative Assembly permits) the Crown in right of\nthis jurisdiction and of each other jurisdiction, so far as the Crown\ncarries on a business, either directly or by an authority of the\njurisdiction concerned.\n\nPart 4 Application of Competition Codes to Crown\nCompetition Policy Reform (Northern Territory) Act 1996 8\n14 Application law of other jurisdictions\nThe application law of each participating jurisdiction other than this\njurisdiction binds the Crown in right of this jurisdiction, so far as the\nCrown carries on a business, either directly or by an authority of\nthis jurisdiction.\n15 Activities that are not business\n(1) For the purposes of sections 13 and 14, the following do not\namount to carrying on a business:\n(a) imposing or collecting:\n(i) taxes;\n(ii) levies; or\n(iii) fees for licences;\n(b) granting, refusing to grant, revoking, suspending or varying\nlicences (whether or not they are subject to conditions);\n(c) a transaction involving:\n(i) only persons who are all acting for the Crown in the\nsame right (and none of whom is an authority of a State);\n(ii) only persons who are all acting for the same authority of\na State;\n(iii) only the Crown in right of a State and one or more non-\ncommercial authorities of that State; or\n(iv) only non-commercial authorities of the same State;\n(d) the acquisition of primary products by a government body\nunder legislation, unless the acquisition occurs because:\n(i) the body chooses to acquire the products; or\n(ii) the body has not exercised a discretion that it has under\nthe legislation that would allow it not to acquire the\nproducts.\n(2) Subsection (1) does not limit the things that do not amount to\ncarrying on a business for the purposes of sections 13 and 14.\n\nPart 4 Application of Competition Codes to Crown\nCompetition Policy Reform (Northern Territory) Act 1996 9\n(3) In this section:\nacquisition of primary products by a government body under\nlegislation includes vesting of ownership of primary products in a\ngovernment body by legislation.\ngovernment body means a State or an authority of a State.\nlicence means a licence that allows the licensee to supply goods or\nservices.\nprimary products means:\n(a) agricultural or horticultural produce;\n(b) crops, whether on or attached to the land or not;\n(c) animals (whether dead or alive); or\n(d) the bodily produce (including natural increase) of animals.\n(4) For the purposes of this section, an authority of a State is\nnon-commercial if:\n(a) it is constituted by only one person; and\n(b) it is neither a trading corporation nor a financial corporation.\n16 Crown not liable to pecuniary penalty or prosecution\n(1) Nothing in the application law of this jurisdiction makes the Crown\nin any capacity liable to a pecuniary penalty or to be prosecuted for\nan offence.\n(2) Without limiting subsection (1), nothing in the application law of a\nparticipating jurisdiction makes the Crown in right of this jurisdiction\nliable to a pecuniary penalty or to be prosecuted for an offence.\n(3) The protection in subsection (1) or (2) does not apply to an\nauthority of any jurisdiction.\n17 This Part overrides the prerogative\nIf, because of this Part, a provision of the law of another\nparticipating jurisdiction binds the Crown in right of this jurisdiction,\nthe Crown in that right is subject to that provision despite any\nprerogative right or privilege.\n\nPart 5 National administration and enforcement of Competition Codes\nDivision 3 Jurisdiction of Courts\nCompetition Policy Reform (Northern Territory) Act 1996 10\nPart 5 National administration and enforcement of\nCompetition Codes\nDivision 1 Preliminary\n18 Object\nThe object of this Part is to help ensure that the Competition Codes\nof the participating jurisdictions are administered on a uniform\nbasis, in the same way as if those Codes constituted a single law of\nthe Commonwealth.\nDivision 2 Conferral of functions\n19 Conferral of functions and powers on certain bodies\n(1) The authorities and officers of the Commonwealth referred to in the\nCompetition Code of this jurisdiction, including (but not limited to)\nthe Commission, the Tribunal and the Council, have the functions\nand powers conferred or expressed to be conferred on them\nrespectively under the Competition Code of this jurisdiction.\n(2) In addition to the powers mentioned in subsection (1), the\nauthorities and officers referred to in that subsection have power to\ndo all things necessary or convenient to be done in connection with\nthe performance of the functions and exercise of the powers\nreferred to in that subsection.\n20 Conferral of other functions and powers for purposes of law in\nthis jurisdiction\nThe Commission and the Tribunal have power to do acts in this\njurisdiction in the performance or exercise of any function or power\nexpressed to be conferred on them respectively by the Competition\nCode of another participating jurisdiction.\nDivision 3 Jurisdiction of Courts\n21 Jurisdiction of Federal Court\nJurisdiction is conferred on the Federal Court with respect to all civil\nand criminal matters arising under the Competition Code of this\njurisdiction.\n22 Jurisdiction of courts of this jurisdiction\nSubject to section 23, the courts of this jurisdiction do not have\njurisdiction with respect to the matters referred to in section 21.\n\nPart 5 National administration and enforcement of Competition Codes\nDivision 4 Offences\nCompetition Policy Reform (Northern Territory) Act 1996 11\n23 Exercise of jurisdiction under cross-vesting provisions\nThis Part does not affect the operation of any law of this jurisdiction\nrelating to cross-vesting of jurisdiction.\nDivision 4 Offences\n24 Object\n(1) The object of this Division is to further the object of this Part by\nproviding:\n(a) for an offence against the Competition Code of this jurisdiction\nto be treated as if it were an offence against a law of the\nCommonwealth; and\n(b) for an offence against the Competition Code of another\nparticipating jurisdiction to be treated in this jurisdiction as if it\nwere an offence against a law of the Commonwealth.\n(2) The purposes for which an offence is to be treated as mentioned in\nsubsection (1) include, for example (but without limitation):\n(a) the investigation and prosecution of offences;\n(b) the arrest, custody, bail, trial and conviction of offenders or\npersons charged with offences;\n(c) proceedings relating to a matter referred to in paragraph (a)\nor (b);\n(d) appeals and review relating to criminal proceedings and to\nproceedings of the kind referred to in paragraph (c);\n(e) the sentencing, punishment and release of persons convicted\nof offences;\n(f) fines, penalties and forfeitures;\n(g) liability to make reparation in connection with offences;\n(h) proceeds of crime; and\n(j) spent convictions.\n\nPart 5 National administration and enforcement of Competition Codes\nDivision 4 Offences\nCompetition Policy Reform (Northern Territory) Act 1996 12\n25 Application of Commonwealth laws to offences against\nCompetition Code of this jurisdiction\n(1) The Commonwealth laws apply as laws of this jurisdiction in\nrelation to an offence against the Competition Code of this\njurisdiction as if that Code were a law of the Commonwealth and\nnot a law of this jurisdiction.\n(2) For the purposes of a law of this jurisdiction, an offence against the\nCompetition Code of this jurisdiction:\n(a) is taken to be an offence against the laws of the\nCommonwealth, in the same way as if that Code were a law of\nthe Commonwealth; and\n(b) is taken not to be an offence against the laws of this\njurisdiction.\n(3) Subsection (2) has effect for the purposes of a law of this\njurisdiction except as prescribed by regulations under this Act.\n26 Application of Commonwealth laws to offences against\nCompetition Codes of other jurisdictions\n(1) The Commonwealth laws apply as laws of this jurisdiction in\nrelation to an offence against the Competition Code of another\nparticipating jurisdiction as if that Code were a law of the\nCommonwealth and not a law of that other jurisdiction.\n(2) For the purposes of a law of this jurisdiction, an offence against the\nCompetition Code of another participating jurisdiction:\n(a) is taken to be an offence against the laws of the\nCommonwealth, in the same way as if that Code were a law of\nthe Commonwealth; and\n(b) is taken not to be an offence against the laws of that\njurisdiction.\n(3) Subsection (2) has effect for the purposes of a law of this\njurisdiction except as prescribed by regulations under this Act.\n(4) This section does not require, prohibit, empower, authorise or\notherwise provide for, the doing of an act outside this jurisdiction.\n27 Functions and powers conferred on Commonwealth officers\nand authorities\n(1) A Commonwealth law applying because of section 25 that confers\non a Commonwealth officer or authority a function or power in\n\nPart 5 National administration and enforcement of Competition Codes\nDivision 5 Administrative law\nCompetition Policy Reform (Northern Territory) Act 1996 13\nrelation to an offence against the Competition and Consumer Act\nalso confers on the officer or authority the same function or power\nin relation to an offence against the corresponding provision of the\nCompetition Code of this jurisdiction.\n(2) A Commonwealth law applying because of section 26 that confers\non a Commonwealth officer or authority a function or power in\nrelation to an offence against the Competition and Consumer Act\nalso confers on the officer or authority the same function or power\nin relation to an offence against the corresponding provision of the\nCompetition Code of another participating jurisdiction.\n(3) The function or power referred to in subsection (2) may only be\nperformed or exercised in this jurisdiction.\n(4) In performing a function or exercising a power conferred by\nsubsection (1) or (2), the Commonwealth officer or authority must\nact as nearly as practicable as the officer or authority would act in\nperforming or exercising the same function or power in relation to\nan offence against the corresponding provision of the Competition\nand Consumer Act.\n28 Restriction of functions and powers of officers and authorities\nof this jurisdiction\nWhere, by reason of this Division, a function or power is conferred\non a Commonwealth officer or authority, that function or power may\nnot be performed or exercised by an officer or authority of this\njurisdiction.\nDivision 5 Administrative law\n29 Definition\nIn this Division Commonwealth administrative laws means:\n(a) the following Acts:\n(i) the Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024 (Cth);\n(ii) the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review)\nAct 1977 (Cth);\n(iii) the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth);\n(iv) the Ombudsman Act 1976 (Cth);\n(v) the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth); and\n(b) the regulations in force under those Acts.\n\nPart 5 National administration and enforcement of Competition Codes\nDivision 5 Administrative law\nCompetition Policy Reform (Northern Territory) Act 1996 14\n30 Application of Commonwealth administrative laws to\nCompetition Code of this jurisdiction\n(1) The Commonwealth administrative laws apply as laws of this\njurisdiction to any matter arising in relation to the Competition Code\nof this jurisdiction as if that Code were a law of the Commonwealth\nand not a law of this jurisdiction.\n(2) For the purposes of a law of this jurisdiction, a matter arising in\nrelation to the Competition Code of this jurisdiction:\n(a) is taken to be a matter arising in relation to laws of the\nCommonwealth in the same way as if that Code were a law of\nthe Commonwealth; and\n(b) is taken not to be a matter arising in relation to laws of this\njurisdiction.\n(3) Subsection (2) has effect for the purposes of a law of this\njurisdiction except as prescribed by regulations under this Act.\n31 Application of Commonwealth administrative laws to\nCompetition Codes of other jurisdictions\n(1) The Commonwealth administrative laws apply as laws of this\njurisdiction to any matter arising in relation to the Competition Code\nof another participating jurisdiction as if that Code were a law of the\nCommonwealth and not a law of that jurisdiction.\n(2) For the purposes of a law of this jurisdiction, a matter arising in\nrelation to the Competition Code of another participating\njurisdiction:\n(a) is taken to be a matter arising in relation to laws of the\nCommonwealth in the same way as if that Code were a law of\nthe Commonwealth; and\n(b) is taken not to be a matter arising in relation to laws of that\njurisdiction.\n(3) Subsection (2) has effect for the purposes of a law of this\njurisdiction except as prescribed by regulations under this Act.\n(4) This section does not require, prohibit, empower, authorise or\notherwise provide for, the doing of an act outside this jurisdiction.\n\nPart 6 Miscellaneous\nCompetition Policy Reform (Northern Territory) Act 1996 15\n32 Functions and powers conferred on Commonwealth officers\nand authorities\n(1) A Commonwealth administrative law applying because of\nsection 30 that confers on a Commonwealth officer or authority a\nfunction or power also confers on the officer or authority the same\nfunction or power in relation to a matter arising in relation to the\nCompetition Code of this jurisdiction.\n(2) A Commonwealth administrative law applying because of\nsection 31 that confers on a Commonwealth officer or authority a\nfunction or power also confers on the officer or authority the same\nfunction or power in relation to a matter arising in relation to the\nCompetition Code of another participating jurisdiction.\n(3) The function or power referred to in subsection (2) may only be\nperformed or exercised in this jurisdiction.\n(4) In performing a function or exercising a power conferred by\nsubsection (1) or (2), the Commonwealth officer or authority must\nact as nearly as practicable as the officer or authority would act in\nperforming or exercising the same function or power under the\nCommonwealth administrative law.\n33 Restriction of functions and powers of officers and authorities\nof this jurisdiction\nWhere, by reason of this Division, a function or power is conferred\non a Commonwealth officer or authority, that function or power may\nnot be performed or exercised by an officer or authority of this\njurisdiction.\nPart 6 Miscellaneous\n34 No doubling-up of liabilities\n(1) If:\n(a) an act or omission is an offence against the Competition Code\nof this jurisdiction and is also an offence against the\nCompetition and Consumer Act or an application law of\nanother participating jurisdiction; and\n(b) the offender has been punished for the offence under the\nCompetition and Consumer Act or the application law of the\nother jurisdiction,\nthe offender is not liable to be punished for the offence against the\nCompetition Code of this jurisdiction.\n\nPart 6 Miscellaneous\nCompetition Policy Reform (Northern Territory) Act 1996 16\n(2) If a person has been ordered to pay a pecuniary penalty under the\nCompetition and Consumer Act or the application law of another\nparticipating jurisdiction, the person is not liable to a pecuniary\npenalty under the Competition Code of this jurisdiction in respect of\nthe same conduct.\n35 Things done for multiple purposes\nThe validity of an authorisation, notification or any other thing given\nor done for the purposes of the Competition Code of this jurisdiction\nis not affected only because it was given or done also for the\npurposes of the Competition and Consumer Act or the Competition\nCode of one or more other jurisdictions.\n36 Reference in Commonwealth law to a provision of another law\nFor the purposes of section 25, 26, 30 or 31, a reference in a\nCommonwealth law to a provision of that or another\nCommonwealth law is taken to be a reference to that provision as\napplying because of that section.\n37 Fees and other money\n(1) All fees, taxes, penalties (including pecuniary penalties referred to\nin section 76 of the Competition Code), fines and other money that,\nunder the application law of this jurisdiction, are authorised or\ndirected to be payable by or imposed on any person must be paid\nto the Commonwealth.\n(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to amounts recovered for loss or\ndamage as referred to in section 82 or 87 of the Competition Code\nand other amounts prescribed by the regulations under this Act.\n(3) This subsection imposes the fees (including fees that are taxes)\nthat the regulations in the Competition Code of this jurisdiction\nprescribe.\n38 Regulations\nThe Administrator may make regulations, not inconsistent with this\nAct, prescribing all matters:\n(a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or\n(b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or\ngiving effect to this Act.\n\nPart 7 Transitional rules\nCompetition Policy Reform (Northern Territory) Act 1996 17\n39 Regulations for exceptions under section 51 of Competition\nand Consumer Act or Code\nWithout limiting any other power to make regulations under any\nother Act, regulations may be made under this Act specifically\nauthorising a specified thing to be done in this jurisdiction and\nreferring expressly to the Competition and Consumer Act or the\nCompetition Code.\nPart 7 Transitional rules\n40 Definitions\nIn this Part:\nCode means the Competition Code of this jurisdiction.\ncut-off date means 19 August 1994.\nexisting contract means a contract that was made before the\noperative date.\noperative date means the date of commencement of Parts 2 to 6\nof this Act.\n41 Existing contracts\n(1) For the purposes of deciding whether a person has contravened\nPart IV of the Code at any time after the operative date:\n(a) existing contracts made before the cut-off date, and things\ndone to give effect to those contracts, are to be disregarded;\n(b) if an existing contract made before the cut-off date is varied on\nor after the cut-off date, things done to give effect to the varied\ncontract are not to be disregarded under paragraph (a) unless\nthey would have been disregarded under the contract as in\nforce immediately before the cut-off date; and\n(c) regard can be had to existing contracts made on or after the\ncut-off date and to things done to give effect to those\ncontracts.\n(2) Part IV of the Code does not make unenforceable a provision of an\nexisting contract made before the cut-off date, unless it was\nunenforceable immediately before the operative date.\n(3) Part IV of the Code can make unenforceable a provision of an\nexisting contract made on or after the cut-off date.\n\nPart 7 Transitional rules\nCompetition Policy Reform (Northern Territory) Act 1996 18\n42 Section 51 exceptions\n(1) This section applies (in addition to section 51(1) of the Code) to\nconduct taking place before the end of 3 years after the date on\nwhich the Competition Policy Reform Act 1995 (Cth) received the\nRoyal Assent.\n(2) In deciding whether a person has contravened Part IV of the Code,\na particular thing is to be disregarded if (and to the same extent) it\nis to be disregarded for the purposes of the Competition and\nConsumer Act because of section 33 of the Competition Policy\nReform Act 1995 (Cth).\n43 Temporary exemption from pecuniary penalties\n(1) A person is not liable to a pecuniary penalty under the Code for\nconduct that happens within 2 years after the day on which the\nCompetition Policy Reform Act 1995 (Cth) received the Royal\nAssent.\n(2) If the commencement of provisions of this Act is postponed under\nsection 2, the period of 2 years mentioned in this section is\nextended by the same number of days.\n44 Advance authorisations\nFrom the commencement of this section:\n(a) an authorisation may be applied for and granted under the\nCode; and\n(b) a notice may be given under section 93 of the Code,\nas if the whole of this Act commenced at the same time as this\nsection.\n45 Regulations relating to savings and transitional matters\n(1) The regulations under this Act may contain provisions of a savings\nor transitional nature consequent on the enactment of this Act.\n(2) Any such savings or transitional provision may, if the regulations so\nprovide, take effect retrospectively.\n\nPart 7 Transitional rules\nCompetition Policy Reform (Northern Territory) Act 1996 19\n(3) To the extent to which any such savings or transitional provision\ntakes effect from a date that is earlier than the date of its publication\nor notification in the Gazette, the provision does not operate so as:\n(a) to affect, in a manner prejudicial to any person (other than the\nTerritory or a Territory authority), the rights of that person\nexisting before the date of its publication or notification; or\n(b) to impose liabilities on any person (other than the Territory or\na Territory authority) in respect of anything done or omitted to\nbe done before the date of its publication or notification.\n\nENDNOTES\nCompetition Policy Reform (Northern Territory) Act 1996 20\nENDNOTES\n1 KEY Key to abbreviations\namd = amended od = order\napp = appendix om = omitted\nbl = by-law pt = Part\nch = Chapter r = regulation/rule\ncl = clause rem = remainder\ndiv = Division renum = renumbered\nexp = expires/expired rep = repealed\nf = forms s = section\nGaz = Gazette sch = Schedule\nhdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision\nins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation\nlt = long title sub = substituted\nnc = not commenced\n2 LIST OF LEGISLATION\nCompetition Policy Reform (Northern Territory) Act 1996 (Act No. 28, 1996)\nAssent date 28 June 1996\nCommenced ss 1 – 3, 40 – 45: 28 June 1996; rem: 21 July 1996 (s 2)\nCompetition Policy Reform (Northern Territory) Amendment Act 1999 (Act No. 47, 1999)\nAssent date 10 November 1999\nCommenced 10 December 1999 (s 2, s 2 New Tax System Price\nExploitation Code (NT) Act 1999 (Act No. 42, 1999) and Gaz\nG48, 8 December 1999, p 2)\nCorporation Reform (Consequential Amendments NT) Act 2001 (Act No. 17, 2001)\nAssent date 29 June 2001\nCommenced 15 July 2001 (s 2, s 2 Corporations Act 2001 (Cth Act No. 50,\n2001) and Cth Gaz S285, 13 July 2001)\nConsumer Affairs and Fair Trading Amendment (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2010\n(Act No. 41, 2010)\nAssent date 8 December 2010\nCommenced 1 January 2011 (Gaz S71, 20 December 2010)\nOaths, Affidavits and Declarations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2010 (Act No. 40,\n2010)\nAssent date 18 November 2010\nCommenced 1 March 2011 (s 2, s 2 Oaths, Affidavits and Declarations\nAct 2010 (Act No. 39, 2010) and Gaz G7, 16 February 2011,\np 4)\nJustice and Other Legislation Amendment (Australian Crime Commission) Act 2017\n(Act No. 9, 2017)\nAssent date 31 May 2017\nCommenced 31 May 2017\n\nENDNOTES\nCompetition Policy Reform (Northern Territory) Act 1996 21\nStatute Law Revision and Repeals Act 2026 (Act No. 3, 2026)\nAssent date 9 February 2026\nCommenced 10 February 2026 (s 2)\n3 GENERAL AMENDMENTS\nGeneral amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table\nof amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation\nAmendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22 of 2018) to: ss 1 and 7.\n4 LIST OF AMENDMENTS\ns 2 amd No. 3, 2026, s 19\ns 3 amd No. 47, 1999 s 3; No. 41, 2010, s 30; No. 40, 2010, s 118\ns 4 amd No. 41, 2010, s 30\ns 7 amd No. 3, 2026, s 20\ns 8 amd No. 17, 2001, s 21; No. 41, 2010, s 30\ns 21 amd No. 9, 2017, s 9\ns 27 amd No. 41, 2010, s 30\ns 29 amd No. 3, 2026, s 21\nss 34 – 35 amd No. 41, 2010, s 30\ns 39 amd No. 41, 2010, s 30\ns 42 amd No. 41, 2010, s 30; No. 3, 2026, s 22\ns 43 amd No. 3, 2026, s 23","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":7,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains focused on its original purpose of implementing the Competition Policy Reform Agreement (1995) by applying the Competition Code as Territory law. While there have been amendments over time (notably updating references to the Australian Consumer Law and administrative review tribunals), these are maintenance amendments keeping the legislation current with Commonwealth changes rather than expanding its scope beyond competition policy. The core function—mirroring Commonwealth competition law in the NT—remains unchanged."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive cross-referencing to Commonwealth legislation (Competition and Consumer Act 2010), requiring readers to consult multiple statutes simultaneously","Complex mechanism for 'applying' Commonwealth law as Territory law with modifications (sections 4-5, 25-26, 30-31)","Nested definitions in section 3 including 'application law', 'Competition Code', 'Competition Code text', and 'participating jurisdiction'","Conditional application of future modifications with 2-month delay mechanism and Ministerial override powers (section 6)","Jurisdictional complexity involving Federal Court, Territory courts, and cross-vesting arrangements (Division 3 of Part 5)","Dual treatment of offences as both Territory and Commonwealth law with specific deeming provisions (sections 25-26)","Crown liability provisions with specific exclusions for pecuniary penalties and prosecutions (section 16) but binding effect on business activities","Extraterritorial application provisions with Commonwealth Minister consent requirements for overseas conduct (section 8(3)-(5))","Transitional provisions with multiple cut-off dates and retrospective effect safeguards (Part 7)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this law does:**\n\nThis Act brings the Northern Territory into Australia's national competition policy framework. It essentially copies the Commonwealth's competition laws (the Competition and Consumer Act) and applies them as Territory law, with some modifications.\n\n**Key things it does:**\n\n*   **Adopts the \"Competition Code\":** It takes the Commonwealth's competition rules (Part IV of the Competition and Consumer Act) and makes them apply in the NT. This includes rules against anti-competitive agreements, misuse of market power, and exclusive dealing.\n*   **Expands who the rules apply to:** Unlike the Commonwealth law which mainly applies to corporations, this NT law applies to all \"persons\" carrying on business in the Territory—including individuals, partnerships, and other entities, not just companies.\n*   **Creates a national system:** It ensures the NT's competition laws work seamlessly with other states and territories. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and the Australian Competition Tribunal can operate in the NT using their Commonwealth powers.\n*   **Handles the Crown (Government):** It makes the NT Government subject to competition laws when it carries on business activities, though it can't be fined or prosecuted—only injuncted (stopped from doing something) or ordered to pay damages.\n*   **Uses Commonwealth courts and procedures:** Offences and administrative matters are treated as if they were Commonwealth matters, meaning the Federal Court has jurisdiction and Commonwealth criminal procedure laws apply.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n\n*   **Businesses:** Any person or entity carrying on business in the NT.\n*   **The NT Government:** When engaging in commercial activities (but not when taxing, licensing, or performing core government functions).\n*   **Consumers:** Indirectly, through better competition and prices.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n\nBefore this Act, the NT had limited competition laws. This legislation ensures the Territory is part of a unified national market with consistent rules, preventing businesses from escaping competition laws by operating in the NT. It allows the ACCC to police anti-competitive behaviour across the entire country, including the Territory, using the same legal framework."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":7,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The Act as presented shows amendments that alter or update how the Territory implements the national Competition Code and which Commonwealth administrative laws apply. Endnotes and the list of amendments record changes to multiple sections (for example, section 7 and section 29 were amended; section 21 was amended in 2017; sections 42 and 43 were amended in 2010 and 2026) (see List of amendments and Endnotes). These amendments affected administration and procedural alignment (notably the list of Commonwealth administrative laws referenced in s 29 and jurisdictional provisions in s 21), so the operational scope — especially which Commonwealth administrative regimes and which institutions apply — has been modified since the original enactment."},"complexity_factors":["Cross‑referencing to the national Competition and Consumer Act and its Schedule version (s 4; s 3 definitions) increases interpretive complexity.","Automatic uptake of future Commonwealth modifications with a Ministerial delay/exclusion mechanism creates timing and coordination complexity (s 6).","Conferral of Commonwealth functions and the requirement that Commonwealth officers act as nearly as practicable as under Commonwealth law creates implementation and oversight complexity (s 19, s 27(4), s 32(4)).","Jurisdictional allocation to the Federal Court and the exclusion of Territory courts (s 21–22) centralises litigation but raises procedural and forum complexity.","Application of Commonwealth criminal and administrative laws to Territory Code matters (s 25–26, s 30–31) multiplies applicable procedural regimes.","Crown carve‑outs and immunities, combined with authority-level liability (ss 13–16), create fine legal distinctions that affect enforcement decisions.","Transitional rules (Part 7: ss 40–45) and anti‑duplication provisions (s 34) add rules that vary by contract date and previous enforcement outcomes, increasing compliance complexity."],"plain_english_summary":"What this law does, in plain English\n\n- This Act makes the Northern Territory apply the national Competition Code (the Part IV text from the Competition and Consumer Act plus connected provisions and regulations) as a Territory law (see sections 4–6 and 5). The Code text is adapted where necessary so it fits the Territory context (s 4(2)).\n\n- It hands enforcement and administration roles for that Code to Commonwealth competition bodies (for example, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the National Competition Council and the Australian Competition Tribunal) and treats those bodies as having the functions and powers given under the Code (s 19–20). Commonwealth officers may exercise the powers that Commonwealth law confers in relation to offences and administrative matters under the Code in the Territory (s 27, 32).\n\n- The Federal Court is given jurisdiction over civil and criminal matters arising under the Territory’s Competition Code; the Territory’s courts generally do not hear those matters (s 21–22). The Act also provides for Commonwealth criminal and administrative laws to apply to Code matters as if the Code were Commonwealth law (s 25–26, 30–31).\n\n- The Crown is brought within the reach of the application laws when it carries on a business, but with specific carve-outs for non‑business government activities (tax collection, licensing decisions, some intra‑Crown transactions and certain primary‑product acquisitions) and with protection from pecuniary penalties or prosecution for the Crown itself (ss 13–16). Authorities of the Crown do not enjoy the Crown’s protection from penalties (s 16(3)).\n\n- The Act centralises money flows for Code fees, fines and penalties to the Commonwealth (s 37), provides regulatory powers to the Territory’s Administrator consistent with the Act (s 38), and contains transitional rules about existing contracts, temporary exemptions from pecuniary penalties and how authorisations or notices operate while the Code is rolled out (Part 7, ss 40–45).\n\nWhy the law matters (official aim and how that plays out mechanically)\n\n- The stated object of Part 5 is to ensure the Competition Codes of participating jurisdictions are administered uniformly, as if they were a single Commonwealth law (s 18). Mechanically, the Act achieves that by: (a) adopting the national Code text for the Territory (ss 4–5); (b) conferring Commonwealth functions and powers to investigate, prosecute, adjudicate and review Code matters (ss 19–20, 25–33); and (c) centralising litigation in the Federal Court (ss 21–22).\n\nTesting the stated purpose against practical trade-offs, costs and incentives (with section references)\n\n- Who pays (direct financial flows): fees, fines and pecuniary penalties authorised under the application law must be paid to the Commonwealth (s 37(1)). That shifts revenue from Territory or local collection to the Commonwealth and assigns the Commonwealth the role of receiving enforcement proceeds (s 37).\n\n- Who decides (key points of discretion): the Minister may delay or exclude future Commonwealth modifications of the Code text from operating in the Territory by Gazette notice (s 6). The Commonwealth Minister must consent before Code provisions are relied on in proceedings for conduct occurring outside Australia (s 8(3)–(5)). The Administrator may make regulations consistent with the Act (s 38). Commonwealth officers exercise investigative, prosecutorial and administrative powers in the Territory and must act as nearly as practicable as they would under Commonwealth law (s 27(4), 32(4)). These are specific delegation and discretion nodes that determine how uniformity is implemented.\n\n- Behaviour changes required of private parties: businesses and persons carrying on activities within the Territory must comply with the Competition Code as applied here (s 8(1)). That includes compliance with conduct and cartel rules derived from the national Part IV text and related administrative obligations (ss 4–5, 8). Existing contracts are preserved or treated differently depending on their date (ss 40–44), so contract management and review will be necessary for firms with older agreements (s 41).\n\n- Compliance burden and enforcement cost: moving enforcement to Commonwealth bodies and the Federal Court centralises legal and administrative processes (ss 19–22, 25–33). Firms may face national‑level investigations and litigation rather than local enforcement, with attendant costs (legal representation, coordination across States, responding to Commonwealth information requests). The Act also prevents double punishment for the same conduct (s 34), which reduces some enforcement overlap.\n\n- Effects on competition, enterprise and contract freedom: applying a uniform national Code reduces the scope for Territory‑specific competition rules, substituting national standards for local variations (ss 4–6, 11–12). That can constrain certain local regulatory choices and require businesses to meet national competition obligations. Transitional provisions preserve some pre‑existing contractual arrangements (s 41) but allow Part IV to render certain post‑cut‑off provisions unenforceable (s 41(2)–(3), s 42).\n\n- Crown conduct and competitive effects: the Crown is subject to application laws when it carries on a business (s 13–14), but many government functions are excluded from being “business” (s 15). The Crown itself cannot be prosecuted or fined under the application law (s 16(1)–(2)), although government authorities do not share that immunity (s 16(3)). That allocation changes incentives for government trading entities and can affect competition between public and private suppliers.\n\n- Trade‑offs, opportunity costs and concentrated benefits: the Act concentrates enforcement, rulemaking and fee receipts at the Commonwealth level (ss 19, 21, 25, 37). Benefits from uniformity (predictable national rules) will be concentrated for firms operating across jurisdictions; compliance costs are spread across all businesses in the Territory required to adopt the national Code. The ability of the Territory to vary the national text is limited mechanically, though the Minister can delay or exclude specific Commonwealth modifications (s 6), and the Administrator may make regulations consistent with the Act (s 38).\n\n- Implementation risk and legal complexity: the Act cross‑references the national Competition and Consumer Act, the Schedule version of Part IV, Commonwealth regulations and other participating jurisdictions’ application laws (ss 3, 4, 11–12). This multi‑instrument network means changes at Commonwealth level, and in other jurisdictions, automatically affect Territory law subject to the delay/ exclusion power (s 6). That cross‑linking increases the risk of timing mismatches, interpretive disputes and coordination challenges between Territory and Commonwealth authorities.\n\nPractical points to note (who pays, who decides, behavioural effects — with sections cited)\n\n- Businesses and individuals in the Territory must comply with the Competition Code as if it were a Territory law (s 5, s 8).\n- The Commonwealth enforcement and administrative machinery (ACCC, Tribunal, Council, Commonwealth officers) carries out investigations, prosecutions, adjudication and reviews under the Code in the Territory (s 19–20, s 27, s 32).\n- The Federal Court hears civil and criminal matters under the Territory’s Code; Territory courts do not, subject to cross‑vesting arrangements (ss 21–23).\n- The Crown in right of the Territory is bound when it carries on a business (s 13) but the Crown cannot be prosecuted or penalised (s 16); Crown authorities can be penalised (s 16(3)).\n- Fees and penalties under the application law are payable to the Commonwealth (s 37).\n\nKey sections to check in practice: sections 4–6 (what text applies and how modifications are handled), 8 (scope and extraterritorial limits), 13–16 (how the Crown is treated), 19–22 and 25–33 (conferral of functions and operation of Commonwealth laws), 37 (money flows), and Part 7 (transitional rules affecting contracts and temporary exemptions)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/competition-policy-reform-northern-territory-act-1996","history":"/api/acts/competition-policy-reform-northern-territory-act-1996/history","analysis":"/api/acts/competition-policy-reform-northern-territory-act-1996/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/competition-policy-reform-northern-territory-act-1996/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/competition-policy-reform-northern-territory-act-1996/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/competition-policy-reform-northern-territory-act-1996/documents"}}