167Application of Commonwealth criminal laws to offences

167 Application of Commonwealth criminal laws to offences against applied provisions (1) The relevant Commonwealth laws apply as laws of the Territory in relation to an offence against the applied provisions as if the applied provisions were a law of the Commonwealth and not a law of the (2) For the purposes of a territory law, an offence against the applied provisions— (a) is taken to be an offence against the laws of the Commonwealth in the same way as it would be if the applied provisions were a law of the Commonwealth; and (b) is taken not to be an offence against the laws of the Territory. (3) However, a regulation may modify the operation of subsection (2).

Applied provisions—offences Division 10.2.4 relevant Commonwealth laws means— (a) the Commonwealth laws that would apply in relation to an offence against the applied provisions if it were an offence against a law of the Commonwealth; and (b) includes any Commonwealth law in relation to a matter mentioned in section 166 (2) (a) to (i).