{"id":"C2004A01903","name":"Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory (Remuneration and Allowances) Act 1978","slug":"legislative-assembly-of-the-northern-territory-remuneration-and-allowances-act-1978","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"104 of 1978","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":6515,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004A01903-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory (Remuneration and Allowances) Act 1978","content":"LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY (REMUNERATION AND ALLOWANCES) ACT 1978\n\nNo. 104 of 1978\n\nAn Act relating to remuneration and allowances of Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory.\n\nBE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:\n\nShort title\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory (Remuneration and Allowances) Act 1978.\n\nCommencement\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nCertain payments not to disqualify Members of Legislative Assembly of Northern Territory\n\n3. Paragraph 21(2)(e) of the Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978 does not apply, and shall be deemed never to have applied, to or in relation to the receipt by a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory of Australia, before the commencement of this Act, of any remuneration, allowance or entitlement paid or granted to him, or purporting to have been paid or granted to him, in pursuance of the determination of the Remuneration Tribunal expressed to have effect from 1 July 1978 in so far as that determination determined, or purported to determine, salary, allowances and entitlements (including additional salary, special allowances and entitlements in respect of particular offices) of members of the Legislative Assembly for the Northern Territory of Australia, and a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory of Australia shall not be taken to have vacated his office by force of paragraph 21(2)(e) of the Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978 by reason only that he took, or agreed to take, before the commencement of this Act, any such remuneration, allowance or entitlement.\n\n![](image.001.png)","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1668},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is the original 1978 enactment. It establishes a narrow, technical validation measure limited to specific payments made during the NT self-government transition period."},"complexity_factors":["Retrospective deeming provision ('deemed never to have applied')","Cross-reference to specific disqualification provision (paragraph 21(2)(e)) in the Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978","Limited to specific Remuneration Tribunal determination effective 1 July 1978"],"plain_english_summary":"This law fixes a technical glitch from 1978 by validating pay determinations the Remuneration Tribunal made for Northern Territory MLAs and declaring those salary payments never triggered the disqualification rule in the Self‑Government Act. Operating retrospectively, it protects members who accepted those payments from being treated as having vacated their seats during the transition to self‑government."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/legislative-assembly-of-the-northern-territory-remuneration-and-allowances-act-1978","history":"/api/acts/legislative-assembly-of-the-northern-territory-remuneration-and-allowances-act-1978/history","analysis":"/api/acts/legislative-assembly-of-the-northern-territory-remuneration-and-allowances-act-1978/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/legislative-assembly-of-the-northern-territory-remuneration-and-allowances-act-1978/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/legislative-assembly-of-the-northern-territory-remuneration-and-allowances-act-1978/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/legislative-assembly-of-the-northern-territory-remuneration-and-allowances-act-1978/documents"}}