{"id":"C1949A00053","name":"Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1949","slug":"northern-territory-administration-act-1949","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"53 of 1949","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":4389,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1949A00053-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1949","content":"NORTHERN TERRITORY (ADMINISTRATION).\n\nNo. 53 of 1949.\n\nAn Act to amend the Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1910-1947.\n\n\\[Assented to 28th October, 1949.\\]\n\nBE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—\n\nShort title and citation.\n\n1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1949.\n\n(2.) The Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1910–1947 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.\n\n(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1910–1949.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nSession and prorogation of Council.\n\n3. Section four m of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:—\n\n“(2.) At the request of at least seven members, the Administrator shall, by notice published in the Government Gazette of the Territory, appoint a time, being not later than fourteen days after the day on which he receives the request, for holding a session of the Council.”.\n\nPresident of Council.\n\n4. Section four p of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the word “Chairman” and inserting in its stead the word “President”.\n\nThe Schedule.\n\n5. The Schedule to the Principal Act is amended—\n\n(a) by omitting from the description of the Tennant Creek District in the column headed “Description” the word “twenty” and inserting in its stead the word “forty”; and\n\n(b) by adding at the end of the description of the Stuart District in that column the words “and that part of the Tennant Creek District, as described in this Schedule, which is south of the twentieth degree of South Latitude”.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1905},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains tightly focused on its original purpose as a technical amendment to the 1910 Principal Act, limited to minor procedural updates for the Legislative Council and administrative boundary adjustments."},"complexity_factors":["Very short amending statute (only 5 sections)","Simple textual substitutions (Chairman to President)","Single procedural addition regarding Council sessions","Technical but minor boundary description changes in the Schedule"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this Act does**\n\nThis Act makes three small but practical changes to the rules governing the Northern Territory:\n\n* **Calling meetings:** It gives members of the Northern Territory Legislative Council the power to compel a meeting. If at least seven members request a session, the Administrator must convene one within 14 days and publish the time in the *Government Gazette* (the official public record).\n\n* **Title change:** It renames the presiding officer of the Council from \"Chairman\" to \"President\".\n\n* **Boundary adjustments:** It tweaks the boundaries of two administrative districts (Tennant Creek and Stuart), changing a measurement in the Tennant Creek district description from \"twenty\" to \"forty\" and transferring part of that district (the area south of the 20th parallel of South Latitude) to the Stuart District.\n\n**Who it affects**\nMembers of the Northern Territory Legislative Council and residents of the affected administrative districts."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/northern-territory-administration-act-1949","history":"/api/acts/northern-territory-administration-act-1949/history","analysis":"/api/acts/northern-territory-administration-act-1949/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/northern-territory-administration-act-1949/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/northern-territory-administration-act-1949/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/northern-territory-administration-act-1949/documents"}}