{"id":"territory-coordinator-regulations-2025","name":"TERRITORY COORDINATOR REGULATIONS 2025","slug":"territory-coordinator-regulations-2025","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"nt","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":177175,"registerId":"nt-territory-coordinator-regulations-2025-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"TERRITORY COORDINATOR REGULATIONS 2025","content":"NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA\nTERRITORY COORDINATOR REGULATIONS 2025\nAs in force at 29 August 2025\nTable of provisions\n1 Title .................................................................................................. 1\n2 Commencement .............................................................................. 1\n3 Notices of designation or revocation of significant project ............... 1\n4 Notices in relation to infrastructure coordination area...................... 1\n5 Public consultation in relation to infrastructure coordination\nplan .................................................................................................. 2\n6 Notices in relation to infrastructure coordination plan ...................... 2\n7 Public consultation in relation to Territory development area\nplan .................................................................................................. 3\n8 Notices in relation to Territory development area ............................ 3\n9 Notices in relation to Territory development area plan .................... 4\nENDNOTES\n\n\n\nNORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA\n____________________\nAs in force at 29 August 2025\n____________________\nTERRITORY COORDINATOR REGULATIONS 2025\nRegulations under the Territory Coordinator Act 2025\n1 Title\nThese Regulations may be cited as the Territory Coordinator\nRegulations 2025.\n2 Commencement\nThese Regulations commence on the day after the day on which\nthey are made.\n3 Notices of designation or revocation of significant project\nFor section 24(2)(b) of the Act, a notice of designation or revocation\nof designation of a significant project must include the following\ninformation:\n(a) the name of the significant project;\n(b) the date of effect of the designation or revocation of\ndesignation.\n4 Notices in relation to infrastructure coordination area\n(1) For section 25(5)(b) of the Act, this regulation prescribes the\ninformation to be included in a notice of declaration of an ICA or\nvariation of boundaries of an ICA.\n(2) A notice of declaration of an ICA must include the following\ninformation:\n(a) the information mentioned in section 25(2) of the Act;\n(b) the date of effect of the declaration.\n(3) A notice of variation of boundaries of an ICA must include the\nfollowing information:\n(a) a description of the boundaries of the ICA as amended;\n\nTerritory Coordinator Regulations 2025 2\n(b) the date of effect of the variation.\n5 Public consultation in relation to infrastructure coordination\nplan\nFor sections 29(b) and 32(2)(b) of the Act:\n(a) public consultation on a proposed ICP or proposed variation of\nan ICP is to be undertaken for a period of at least 20 business\ndays; and\n(b) before the public consultation period begins, the Territory\nCoordinator must give notice on the Territory Coordinator or\nAgency website that public consultation will be undertaken in\nrelation to the proposed ICP or proposed variation of an ICP\nduring that period.\n6 Notices in relation to infrastructure coordination plan\n(1) For section 37(2) of the Act, this regulation prescribes the\ninformation to be included in a notice of approval, variation or\nrevocation of an ICP.\n(2) A notice of approval of an ICP must include the following\ninformation:\n(a) the name of the significant project to which the ICP relates;\n(b) the date of the approval;\n(c) a statement as to where copies of the ICP may be obtained.\n(3) A notice of variation of an ICP must include the following\ninformation:\n(a) the name of the significant project to which the ICP relates;\n(b) the date of effect of the variation;\n(c) a statement as to where copies of the ICP as varied may be\nobtained.\n(4) A notice of revocation of approval of an ICP must include the\nfollowing information:\n(a) the name of the significant project to which the ICP relates;\n(b) the date of effect of the revocation.\n\nTerritory Coordinator Regulations 2025 3\n7 Public consultation in relation to Territory development area\nplan\nFor sections 48(b) and 55(2)(b) of the Act:\n(a) public consultation on a proposed TDA plan or proposed\nvariation of a TDA plan is to be undertaken for a period of at\nleast 20 business days; and\n(b) before the public consultation period begins, the Territory\nCoordinator must give notice on the Territory Coordinator or\nAgency website that public consultation will be undertaken in\nrelation to the proposed TDA plan or proposed variation of a\nTDA plan during that period.\n8 Notices in relation to Territory development area\n(1) For section 60(2) of the Act, this regulation prescribes the\ninformation to be included in a notice relating to a Territory\ndevelopment area.\n(2) A notice of designation of an area of land as a Territory\ndevelopment area must include the following information:\n(a) the information mentioned in section 43(3) of the Act;\n(b) the statement of reasons mentioned in section 43(4) for the\ndesignation;\n(c) the date of effect of the designation.\n(3) A notice of variation of the boundaries of a Territory development\narea must include the following information:\n(a) the name of the Territory development area;\n(b) a description of the boundaries of the Territory development\narea as varied;\n(c) the statement of reasons mentioned in section 53(3)(b) for the\nvariation;\n(d) the date of effect of the variation.\n(4) A notice of revocation of a Territory development area must include\nthe following:\n(a) the name of the Territory development area;\n(b) the date of effect of the revocation.\n\nTerritory Coordinator Regulations 2025 4\n9 Notices in relation to Territory development area plan\n(1) For section 61(2) of the Act, this regulation prescribes the\ninformation to be included in a notice in relation to a TDA plan.\n(2) A notice of approval of a proposed TDA plan must include the\nfollowing information:\n(a) the name of the Territory development area to which the plan\nrelates;\n(b) the date on which the proposed TDA plan becomes the TDA\nplan for the Territory development area;\n(c) a statement as to where copies of the TDA plan may be\nobtained.\n(3) A notice of approval of a proposed variation of a TDA plan must\ninclude the following information:\n(a) the name of the Territory development area to which the plan\nrelates;\n(b) the date of effect of the variation;\n(c) a statement as to where copies of the TDA plan as varied may\nbe obtained.\n(4) A notice of revocation of a TDA plan must include:\n(a) the name of the Territory development area to which the plan\nrelates; and\n(b) the date of effect of the revocation.\n\nENDNOTES\nTerritory Coordinator Regulations 2025 5\nENDNOTES\n1 KEY Key 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\nTerritory Coordinator Regulations 2025 (SL No. 10, 2025)\nDate made 28 August 2025\nCommenced 29 August 2025 (r 2)","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Insufficient information to assess whether scope changed from original intent. No explanatory materials, objectives clause, or substantive text were provided — only administrative metadata such as gazette number, date of making, and agency origin."},"complexity_factors":["Only metadata has been provided — no substantive legislative text is available for analysis","The Territory Coordinator framework itself can be complex, involving override powers across multiple regulatory regimes","Interaction with other NT legislation (planning, environment, land rights) could add complexity depending on actual content","As regulations rather than an Act, they operate within and must be interpreted alongside the parent legislation"],"plain_english_summary":"The Territory Coordinator Regulations 2025 (NT), made by the Department of the Chief Minister and Cabinet and in force from 29 August 2025 (tabled 16 October 2025), are the procedural rules supporting the Territory Coordinator framework. They will govern how the Coordinator streamlines or overrides ordinary approval processes for major projects.\n\nThese regulations mainly affect businesses, developers, investors and NT agencies involved in major infrastructure, mining or development approvals by prescribing application steps, fees, timeframes and exemptions."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations do not expand or contract the substantive powers or coverage of the Territory Coordinator Act. Instead they prescribe procedural details: required notice contents, minimum consultation periods, publication locations and commencement timing (rr 2–9). They modify how existing functions under the Act must be carried out rather than who or what is covered."},"complexity_factors":["Prescriptive notice content across multiple instruments (regs 3, 4, 6, 8, 9) — increases administrative detail and record-keeping requirements for the decision-maker.","Minimum 20 business days public consultation and mandatory pre-consultation website notice (regs 5 and 7) — fixes timelines and publication duties for public engagement.","Multiple distinct notice types (designation, variation, revocation, approval) with overlapping but different information requirements (see rr 3–4, 6, 8–9) — raises risk of procedural error.","Cross-references to sections of the Territory Coordinator Act throughout (rr 3–9) — requires users to consult both the Act and these regulations to determine full obligations.","Immediate commencement (r 2) — provides little lead time for administrative adjustment.","Limited discretion in notice content and timing — regulations are largely mandatory rather than permissive, constraining format and process."],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations set specific procedural rules for the Territory Coordinator: they prescribe the exact content required in notices about significant projects, infrastructure coordination areas (ICAs), infrastructure coordination plans (ICPs), Territory development areas (TDAs) and TDA plans; require at least 20 business days' public consultation with a pre-consultation website notice; and commence the day after being made. They affect the Territory Coordinator (administrative and publication duties), project proponents and the public by shifting effort to compliance with prescribed notice contents and consultation timelines."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"These regulations appear to be a standard, focused set of procedural rules made under the Territory Coordinator Act 2025. They perform the typical subsidiary legislation function of prescribing notice requirements and consultation periods — exactly what one would expect from regulations supporting a development coordination statute. There is no evidence of scope creep; the content remains tightly confined to administrative notification and consultation mechanics."},"complexity_factors":["Short length (9 regulations total, approximately 4 pages)","Minimal defined terms (only standard abbreviations like 'ICA', 'ICP', 'TDA' used, with meanings obvious from context)","No nested exceptions or conditional logic — each regulation follows a simple 'if X, then include Y' structure","Straightforward cross-references to the parent Act (Territory Coordinator Act 2025) — only citing specific section numbers without complex interpretive dependencies","Highly prescriptive and repetitive format (each notice type follows the same pattern: name, date, description/location)","No delegated powers or sub-delegation clauses","No transitional or savings provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations set out the administrative rules for how the Northern Territory's Territory Coordinator must notify the public about major development decisions.\n\n**What it does:**\nThe regulations specify what information must be included in official notices when the Territory Coordinator:\n- **Designates or revokes 'significant projects'** (major developments given special status)\n- **Declares or changes 'infrastructure coordination areas' (ICAs)** — zones where infrastructure planning is coordinated\n- **Approves, varies or revokes infrastructure coordination plans (ICPs)** — blueprints for how infrastructure will be delivered in those zones\n- **Designates or changes 'Territory development areas' (TDAs)** — special zones for accelerated development\n- **Approves, varies or revokes Territory development area plans** — master plans for these zones\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- **Property owners and developers** in or near declared coordination or development areas\n- **Local communities** who get 20 business days to comment on proposed infrastructure and development plans\n- **The Territory Coordinator** (the government official who must follow these notification rules)\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThese rules ensure transparency. When the government declares a special development zone or approves a major project plan, they must publish specific details — like project names, effective dates, boundary descriptions, and where to view documents. The regulations also guarantee minimum consultation periods (at least 20 business days) so affected people have time to have their say before decisions are finalised.\n\n**Key requirements:**\n- Public consultation must run for **at least 20 business days**\n- Notices must be published on the **Territory Coordinator or Agency website** before consultation starts\n- All notices must include **dates of effect** so people know when changes kick in\n- Notices must explain **where to get copies** of approved plans"},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. 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