{"id":"F2007L03797","name":"Northern Territory National Emergency Response (Other Areas) Declaration 2007 (No. 4)","slug":"northern-territory-national-emergency-response-other-areas-declaration-2007-no-4","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":70291,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007L03797-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Northern Territory National Emergency Response (Other Areas) Declaration 2007 (No. 4)","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nNorthern Territory National Emergency Response (Other Areas) Declaration 2007 (No. 4)\n\nI, MALCOLM THOMAS BROUGH, Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, make this Declaration under paragraph 4(4)(b) of the Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007.\n\nDated 20th Sept 2007\n\nMal Brough\n\nMinister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs\n\n1 Name of Declaration\n\nThis Declaration is the Northern Territory National Emergency Response (Other Areas) Declaration 2007 (No. 4).\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis Declaration commences on the day after it is registered.\n\n3 Prescribed area\n\nFor paragraph 4(4)(b) of the Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007, the areas mentioned in Schedule 1 are prescribed areas.\n\nSchedule 1 Areas that are prescribed areas\n\n(section 3)\n\n1. Aboriginal community living areas\n\nThe areas are:\n\n(a) an area created or granted as an ‘Aboriginal community living area’ by operation of or under any law of the Northern Territory, that is not covered by subsection 4(2) of the Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007; and\n\n(b) any roads, rivers, streams and estuaries that run through or are adjacent to such an Aboriginal community living area, that are not covered under subsection 4(2) of the Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2375},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This declaration exercises the specific geographic expansion power in section 4(4)(b) of the parent Act exactly as intended. While it increases the number of covered communities, it does not alter the scope or purpose of the declaration-making power itself."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument (only 3 sections and a single-item schedule)","Single operative provision with minimal conditional logic (only excluding areas already covered by subsection 4(2))","Relies on external definitions ('Aboriginal community living area') from Northern Territory law rather than creating complex statutory definitions","No nested exceptions or intricate cross-referencing within the instrument itself"],"plain_english_summary":"This declaration is part of the **Northern Territory Emergency Response** (the \"Intervention\")—a controversial 2007 Commonwealth policy targeting specific Aboriginal communities.\n\nIt uses powers under the *Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007* to expand the list of **\"prescribed areas\"**—zones where federal emergency rules override standard laws.\n\nSpecifically, it brings **Aboriginal community living areas** (lands granted to communities under Northern Territory law) into the system. It also sweeps up any **roads, rivers, streams, and estuaries** running through or next to those communities.\n\n**Who it affects**: Residents of these specific community living areas and anyone travelling through the adjacent roads and waterways.\n\n**Why it matters**: Once an area is \"prescribed,\" residents become subject to the Intervention's strict control measures—including alcohol prohibitions, compulsory income management (where the government controls how welfare money is spent), and modified land access rights."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/northern-territory-national-emergency-response-other-areas-declaration-2007-no-4","history":"/api/acts/northern-territory-national-emergency-response-other-areas-declaration-2007-no-4/history","analysis":"/api/acts/northern-territory-national-emergency-response-other-areas-declaration-2007-no-4/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/northern-territory-national-emergency-response-other-areas-declaration-2007-no-4/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/northern-territory-national-emergency-response-other-areas-declaration-2007-no-4/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/northern-territory-national-emergency-response-other-areas-declaration-2007-no-4/documents"}}