1Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1910

NORTHERN TERRITORY (ADMINISTRATION).

No. 27 of 1910.

An Act to provide for the Provisional Government of the Northern Territory.

[Assented to 25th November, 1910.]

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Preliminary.

Short title.

1. This Act may be cited as the Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1910.*

Commencement.

2. This Act shall commence on the day fixed by Proclamation for the commencement of the Northern Territory Acceptance Act 1910.

Definitions.

3. In this Act—

“the Minister” means the Minister of State for External Affairs;

“the Territory” means the Northern Territory.

Administrator.

Appointment of Administrator.

4.—(1.) The Governor-General may appoint an Administrator for the Territory: The Administrator shall be appointed by the Governor-General by Commission under the seal of the Commonwealth, and shall hold office, subject to good behaviour, for five years.

(2.) The Administrator shall exercise and perform all powers and functions that belong to his office according to the tenor of his Commission, and according to such instructions as are given to him by the Minister.

(3.) The Governor-General may appoint, or may delegate to the Minister or the Administrator power to appoint, such officers as are necessary for the administration of the Northern Territory Acceptance Act 1910 or this Act or for the proper government of the Territory.

* The Northern Territory Acceptance Act 1910 was proclaimed to commence on 1st January, 1911. See Gazette, 24th December, 1910, p. 1901.

Application of State Laws.

Effect of continuance of State laws.

5. Where any law of the State of South Australia continues in force in the Territory by virtue of section seven of the Northern Territory Acceptance Act 1910, it shall, subject to any Ordinance made by the Governor-General, have effect in the Territory as if it were a law of the Territory.

Application of Commonwealth Acts.

Application of Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904–1910.

6. The Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904–1910 shall apply to industrial disputes in the Territory, as if from the definition of “industrial disputes” in section four of that Act the words “extending beyond the limits of any one State” were omitted.