239Application of Commonwealth criminal laws to offences

239 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 provisions were a law of the Commonwealth and not a law of the Territory. (2) For a law of the Territory, an offence against the applied provisions: (a) is taken to be an offence against the laws of the Commonwealth in the same way as if the provisions were a law of the Commonwealth; and (b) is taken not to be an offence against the laws of the Territory. (3) Subsection (2) has effect for a law of the Territory except as provided by regulation.