{"id":"F2008L03191","name":"Northern Territory National Emergency Response (Bonaparte Gas Pipeline Camp) Declaration 2008 (No. 1)","slug":"northern-territory-national-emergency-response-bonaparte-gas-pipeline-camp-declaration-2008-no-1","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":75264,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2008L03191-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Northern Territory National Emergency Response (Bonaparte Gas Pipeline Camp) Declaration 2008 (No. 1)","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nNorthern Territory National Emergency Response (Bonaparte Gas Pipeline Camp) Declaration 2008 (No. 1)\n\nI, Jenny Macklin, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, make this Declaration under paragraph 4(4)(a) of the Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007.\n\nDated 21 August 2008\n\nJ Macklin\n\nMinister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs\n\n1 Name of Declaration\n\nThis Declaration is the Northern Territory National Emergency Response (Bonaparte Gas Pipeline Camp) Declaration 2008 (No. 1).\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis Declaration takes effect on 22 August 2008.\n\n3 Cessation\n\nThis Declaration ceases to have effect on 28 August 2008.\n\n4 Areas that are not prescribed areas\n\nFor the purposes of paragraph 4(4)(a) of the Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007, the area specified in Schedule 1 is not a prescribed area.\n\n  \nSchedule 1 – Area that is no longer a prescribed area\n\nAll that parcel of land in the Nemarluk Locality of the Northern Territory of Australia containing an area of 5.4 hectares more or less being that part of NT Portion 1637 bounded by lines connecting in succession the Zone 52, WGS(84) co-ordinates listed below.\n\nPoint Easting (metres) Northing (metres)\n\n1 610 367 8 417 565\n\n2 610 535 8 417 673\n\n3 610 690 8 417 452\n\n4 610 526 8 417 341\n\n1 610 367 8 417 565","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1401},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Declaration is a precise, limited exemption exercised under the specific carve-out power in paragraph 4(4)(a) of the parent Act. It does not expand or alter the scope of the Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007; it merely applies an existing exemption power to a discrete 5.4-hectare parcel for a temporary period."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (section 4) with no conditional logic","No definitions section — relies entirely on parent Act interpretation","Extremely limited temporal scope (6 days)","Specific geographic coordinates require survey knowledge to interpret but add no legal complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"This short, six-day declaration (22–28 August 2008) temporarily excised a 5.4‑hectare parcel — the Bonaparte Gas Pipeline Camp in the Nemarluk area — from the Northern Territory Intervention’s “prescribed areas.” It meant the camp was governed by ordinary NT law, not the Intervention’s special rules (e.g. alcohol bans, income management), allowing normal industrial operations at the temporary worksite."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/northern-territory-national-emergency-response-bonaparte-gas-pipeline-camp-declaration-2008-no-1","history":"/api/acts/northern-territory-national-emergency-response-bonaparte-gas-pipeline-camp-declaration-2008-no-1/history","analysis":"/api/acts/northern-territory-national-emergency-response-bonaparte-gas-pipeline-camp-declaration-2008-no-1/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/northern-territory-national-emergency-response-bonaparte-gas-pipeline-camp-declaration-2008-no-1/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/northern-territory-national-emergency-response-bonaparte-gas-pipeline-camp-declaration-2008-no-1/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/northern-territory-national-emergency-response-bonaparte-gas-pipeline-camp-declaration-2008-no-1/documents"}}