6How this Act is to be construed

6 How this Act is to be construed This Act is to be construed as enabling: (a) office holders and courts of the Territory and other persons to exercise powers they have under the law of the Territory within the geographical area of another participating (b) office holders and courts of another participating jurisdiction and other persons to exercise powers they have under the law of the other jurisdiction within the geographical area of the Note for Division 2 A person who has a connection with a cross-border region may be (but is not required to be) dealt with under the Territory's cross-border laws. In deciding whether or not to deal with the person under the Territory's cross-border laws, an office holder or prescribed court of the Territory will have regard to what best facilitates the administration of justice in the region. If, for example, an offence is alleged to have been committed in the cross-border region where the alleged offender and the witnesses to the alleged offence ordinarily reside, dealing with the offender under the Territory's cross-border laws is likely to facilitate the administration of justice in the region. However, the administration of justice is not likely to be facilitated in a cross- border region if the alleged offender is arrested in the region but the offence is alleged to have been committed in, and the alleged offender and the witnesses to the alleged offence ordinarily reside in, Darwin.