14Effect of modifications

14 Effect of modifications In order to give effect to this Act, a law of the Territory must be applied with any appropriate modifications as if the law had been altered in that way.

Division 5 Relationship between Territory's cross-border laws and other laws Cross-border Justice Act 2009 12 Division 5 Relationship between Territory's cross-border laws and other laws 15 Law of another participating jurisdiction: office holders, prescribed courts, persons serving sentences (1) The Territory's cross-border laws do not authorise an office holder of the Territory to exercise a power in another participating jurisdiction unless the law of the other jurisdiction allows the office holder to exercise the power in the other jurisdiction. (2) The Territory's cross-border laws do not allow an office holder of another participating jurisdiction to exercise a power in the Territory unless the law of the other jurisdiction authorises the office holder to exercise the power in the Territory. (3) The Territory's cross-border laws do not authorise a prescribed court of the Territory to hear and determine a proceeding, or to otherwise exercise its jurisdiction or a power, in another participating jurisdiction unless the law of the other jurisdiction allows the court to hear and determine the proceeding, or to exercise the jurisdiction or power, in the other jurisdiction. (4) The Territory's cross-border laws do not allow a prescribed court of another participating jurisdiction to hear and determine a proceeding, or to otherwise exercise its jurisdiction or a power, in the Territory unless the law of the other jurisdiction authorises the court to hear and determine the proceeding, or to exercise the jurisdiction or power, in the Territory. (5) The Territory's cross-border laws do not authorise a sentence imposed on, or an order made or issued against, a person in relation to an offence or alleged offence under the law of the Territory to be served or carried out in another participating jurisdiction unless the law of the other jurisdiction allows the sentence or order to be served or carried out in the other (6) The Territory's cross-border laws do not allow a sentence imposed on, or an order made or issued against, a person in relation to an offence or alleged offence under the law of another jurisdiction to be served or carried out in the Territory unless the law of the other jurisdiction authorises the sentence or order to be served or carried out in the Territory.

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