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Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978
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#### 71 Contracts
(1) The regulations may make provision for and in relation to:
(a) the substitution of the Territory for the Commonwealth as a party to a prescribed contract or a contract included in a class of prescribed contracts; and
(b) matters arising from, connected with or consequential upon any such substitution.
(2) In subsection (1), prescribed contract means a contract:
(a) which was subsisting immediately before the commencing date or was entered into on or after that date and before the date of commencement of the Northern Territory (Self‑Government) Amendment Act 1982;
(b) to which the Commonwealth is a party; and
(c) which relates to a matter specified under section 35;
other than a contract referred to in subsection 69(6).