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Interpreters
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Interpreters , and It is essential that anyone who has difficulty effectively communicating in English has the services of an interpreter in any legal situation....
Complaints
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Complaints and A person may complain to the ACMA if they believe Australians can access unlawful content online using an Australian ISP or Australian content ho...
ChildWelfare
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Wellbeing of children and The Care and Protection of Children Act 2007 (NT) (CPC Act) has three aims: 1 to promote the wellbeing of children, including: ...
AdultGuardianship
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Adult guardianship and About guardianship What is guardianship? Guardianship is the framework that gives legal authority to a guardian to make decisions on be...
CourtsAndTribunals
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Courts and Tribunals , and In Australia, courts and tribunals are organised into a hierarchy and are divided into two different areas: federal and state/territo...
BuyingOnlineOverTheInternet
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Consumer risks when shopping online , and Online shopping has become an integral part of modern life, offering the convenience of browsing and purchasing from h...
WhatIsTheLaw
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What is the law? , and The law is a set of rules or principles used to regulate humans. Generally, the law is created and enforced by the government or other in...
FindingTheLaw
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Finding the law , and When you want to find the law on a topic, reading a fact sheet, book, or credible internet source is a good place to start. Many sites on ...
ChangingTheLaw
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Changing The Law , and Introduction The law in Australia is constantly changing every year, with the parliaments introducing new laws or changing existing laws...
MotorVehicleAccidents
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Motor vehicle accidents , and This section is divided into three parts: * what to do after an accident * property damage * motor vehicle injuries. The ...
CommunityOrganisations
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Community organisations and Community organisations provide a vast array of services and activities within our community and can be a sporting or social club, a...
NTLawHandbook
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Northern Territory Law Handbook Welcome to the Northern Territory Law Handbook: an easy to read guide to law in the Northern Territory. This approach to providing...
Childcare
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Education and Care Services in the Northern Territory and Quality Education and Care NT (QECNT) Quality Education and Care NT (QECNT) is the regulatory authori...
DomesticAndFamilyViolence
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Domestic and family violence , , Introduction What is Domestic Violence? 'Domestic violence' includes where one person in a domestic relationship (see Who can ...
Building
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Building and Legislative scheme In the NT, building work is regulated primarily by the following Acts: * Architects Act 1963 (NT) * Building Act 1993 (NT...
LegalDocuments
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Legal documents This chapter describes some of the documents commonly regarded as legal documents. Many others are not covered by this chapter, though some are de...
BuyingAMotorVehicle
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Buying a motor vehicle , and Buying a motor vehicle is a major financial commitment and can be problematic, especially if your knowledge of vehicles is limited ...
ChildrensRightsAndResponsibilities
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Children's rights and responsibilities , and Introduction Australia ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1990. See http://www.o...
Debts
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Debts , and A debt exists when one person, the debtor, owes money to another, the creditor. Unpaid electricity or telephone bills, doctor's fees and credit card ...
Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy , and Bankruptcy is a method that enables some control to be taken over a debtor's affairs, so that their financial disaster can be brought to an end,...
JuryService
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Jury service and Overview The Australian justice system works on the principle that people should be tried and judged by their peers. For this reason, in the N...
ImmigrationIntroduction
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Please note: this area of law changes rapidly. Before relying on information provided here, it is advisable to seek professional advice from a Registered Migratio...
TheEffectsOfCriminalConvictions
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The effects of criminal convictions and A person convicted of an offence may well find the hardship continues well beyond their prison sentence. Some of the con...
ContractsAndConsumerProtection
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Contracts and consumer protection , , and How does contract and consumer law help you? People make contracts every day, but may not realise it. For example, bu...
NamingAChild
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Naming a child , , This section deals with the law as it relates to naming children. It also contains some practical information about how to add details to regi...
ChangingNames
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Changing names , , A person's name is changed by registration of the change under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act (BDMRA). The Act provides tha...
DealingWithLawyers
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Dealing with lawyers and The word lawyer is a general term that applies to anyone who has been 'admitted' to the legal profession by a Supreme Court in an Aus...
TrademarksDesignsAndPatents
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Trade marks, Designs and Patents and Abbreviations used in this chapter : ACC: Australian Copyright Council : AMCOS: Australasian Mechanical Copyright Own...
LegalAid
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Legal aid and Many people can't afford the services of a lawyer. Legal aid makes it possible for those people to get legal advice or help to present claims in c...
Adoption
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3.7 Adoption and Adoptions in the Northern Territory are covered by two Acts. The Adoption of Children Act 1994 (ACA), which deals with: * adoption procedure...
ContactPoints
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Contact points Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority Alice Springs 1st Floor, 44 Bath Street, Alice Springs, NT GPO Box 1890, Darwin, NT 0801 Tel: 8951 5023 Fax...
BuyingAndSellingRealEstate
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Buying and selling a house and This section aims to be a general guide to buying and selling a house and does not contain enough information for a person to dra...
Protection
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Protection of banks and Need for protection Banks handle thousands of cheques every day and, therefore, it is understandable that they do not examine every che...
BuyingOnCredit
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Buying on credit and In this section we use a number of different terms to mean the same, or at least, very similar thing. The main terms to be familiar with ar...
BankingIntroduction
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Introduction and Dealing with a bank is, in many respects, similar to dealing with any other business. A bank offers services, which a customer may choose to us...
Banking
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Bank accounts and Opening an account Under the Financial Transactions Reports Act 1988 (Cth) (FTRA) it is an offence to open an account in a false name. As suc...
AlcoholAndTheLaw
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Alcohol and the law and The law regulates the way that alcohol is provided and consumed in the NT. This section contains only information that relates to the wa...
HealthInsurance
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Health insurance and Types of health insurance Medicare is a taxpayer funded health cover scheme that gives all permanent Australian residents a basic level of...
HealthConsumerRights
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Health consumer rights and Health law in the NT is governed by a myriad of NT legislation, Commonwealth legislation and the common law. This section deals only ...
CouplesWhoAreMarried
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3.2 Couples who are married and This section covers issues that married couples may face. These include validity of marriage, property settlement, divorce and s...
ElderAbuse
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Elder abuse , and PLEASE NOTE: THIS CHAPTER IS IN DEVELOPMENT FOR THE NT CONTEXT. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ELDER ABUSE, PLEASE CALL THE ELDER ABUSE INFORMATI...
FamilyRelationshipCentres
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Family Relationship Centres and Family Relationship Centres are a first port of call when families want information about relationship and separation issues. Th...
NationalDisabilityInsuranceScheme
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National Disability Insurance Scheme 24 Aug 2018 12:49 Version 4 DorothyFauls and The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was established in 2013...
CostsAndFeesForFamilyLawActions
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Costs and fees for family law actions and Generally, each party to proceedings under the FLA pays their own costs s.117 . If the court thinks it is justified, ...
System
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%IF{"$WEBSUMMARY = ''" then=" "}% * Table of contents About the Handbook The Northern Territory Law Handbook ('the Handbook') has been developed as an easy t...
TelecommunicationPostalConsumers
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7.5 Telecommunications and postal consumers Telecommunications regulatory framework There are a number of laws, regulations and industry codes that regulate how ...
OffencesAgainstPublicOrder
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Offences against public order and Offences against police Under the Criminal Code it is an offence to assault, resist or hinder a police officer who is ac...
NationalSecurityAndAntiTerrorism
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20.6 National security and anti terrorism laws and Since 2002, Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments have passed a range of anti terrorism laws. Support...
BuyingABusiness
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Buying a business and There are some advantages to buy an existing business rather than starting from scratch. Some of the advantages include: * the business...
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