{"id":"corporations-northern-territory-request-act-2001","name":"Corporations (Northern Territory Request) Act 2001","slug":"corporations-northern-territory-request-act-2001","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"nt","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":29975,"registerId":"nt-corporations-northern-territory-request-act-2001-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Corporations (Northern Territory Request) Act 2001","content":"NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA\nCORPORATIONS (NORTHERN TERRITORY REQUEST) ACT 2001\nAs in force at 29 June 2001\nTable of provisions\n1 Short title ......................................................................................... 1\n2 Definition.......................................................................................... 1\n3 Request for Commonwealth legislation ........................................... 1\n4 Operation of Act............................................................................... 1\nENDNOTES\n\n\n\nNORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA\n____________________\nAs in force at 29 June 2001\n____________________\nCORPORATIONS (NORTHERN TERRITORY REQUEST) ACT 2001\nAn Act to request the Parliament of the Commonwealth to enact\nlegislation in respect of certain matters relating to corporations and\nfinancial products and services\n1 Short title\nThis Act may be cited as the Corporations (Northern Territory\nRequest) Act 2001.\n2 Definition\nIn this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:\ntabled text means the text of proposed Bills for Commonwealth\nActs, as tabled in the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales by\nthe Minister introducing the Bill for the Corporations\n(Commonwealth Powers) Act 2001 of that State when the Bill was\nbrought up by that Minister before its first reading.\n3 Request for Commonwealth legislation\nThe Legislative Assembly requests the Parliament of the\nCommonwealth to enact an Act in, or substantially in, the terms of\nthe tabled text.\n4 Operation of Act\nThis Act does not affect the operation of any law of the\nCommonwealth made in accordance with the request made by this\nAct or in accordance with a law of a State referring the power to\nmake a law in the terms, or substantially in the terms, of the tabled\ntext.\n\nENDNOTES\nCorporations (Northern Territory Request) Act 2001 2\nENDNOTES\n1 KEY\nKey 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\nCorporations (Northern Territory Request) Act 2001 (Act No. 18, 2001)\nAssent date 29 June 2001\nCommenced 29 June 2001","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"},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act's text limits its function to requesting Commonwealth enactment of legislation in the terms of the defined 'tabled text' and to preserving the operation of any Commonwealth law made accordingly. It does not expand statutory powers or add regulatory obligations beyond making that request (see ss 2–4)."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose instrument: the Act only makes a formal request and contains a non‑affecting clause (ss 3–4), which keeps its structure simple.","Dependency on external material: the key substantive source is an externally defined 'tabled text' located in another jurisdiction's legislative record (s 2), requiring cross-referencing.","Ambiguous phrasing: the phrase 'substantially in the terms' (s 3) allows implementation variance and creates interpretive uncertainty about permitted departures.","Inter-jurisdictional effect: s 4 preserves operation of any Commonwealth law made in response, creating legal interaction across Territory, State and Commonwealth instruments.","No implementation mechanics: the Act contains no procedural, enforcement or timeline provisions, leaving execution wholly to Commonwealth decision-making (ss 3–4)."],"plain_english_summary":"Mechanically, this Act instructs the Northern Territory’s Legislative Assembly to request that the Commonwealth Parliament enact a law substantially in the terms of a specified \"tabled text\" (the proposed Bills tabled in New South Wales when that State introduced its Corporations (Commonwealth Powers) Bill). The Assembly makes the request; the Commonwealth Parliament decides whether to enact matching laws, and any persons regulated by those Commonwealth laws, if made, would bear compliance costs while this Act preserves their operation."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This legislation has not expanded beyond its original purpose. It was always intended as a simple, one-off referral mechanism to enable national corporations law, and it remains exactly that."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 sections total","Single definition ('tabled text')","No cross-references to other legislation (except implicit reference to NSW tabled text)","No conditional logic or exceptions","Straightforward declarative language throughout","Total length under 500 words"],"plain_english_summary":"This short Northern Territory law formally asks the Commonwealth Parliament to enact national corporations and financial-products laws by referring NT legislative power to the Commonwealth. It adopts the previously tabled draft bills that underpinned the Corporations Act 2001 as the model for that national scheme.\n\nThough it directly changes only constitutional allocation of power, the referral enabled a single, uniform Corporations Act that governs companies, directors and financial services across Australia."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/corporations-northern-territory-request-act-2001","history":"/api/acts/corporations-northern-territory-request-act-2001/history","analysis":"/api/acts/corporations-northern-territory-request-act-2001/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/corporations-northern-territory-request-act-2001/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/corporations-northern-territory-request-act-2001/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/corporations-northern-territory-request-act-2001/documents"}}