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TheRefugeeAndHumanitarianProgram
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29.4 The Refugee and Humanitarian Program Under Australia's humanitarian program approximately 13,000 visas are made available to people recognised as refugees or...
ChangingStatus
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29.2 Changing status A visitor or temporary resident in Australia may apply for a change of status to another temporary visa or a permanent visa. Whether the temp...
EntryToAustralia
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Entry to Australia , and Visas Non citizens entering Australia are required to have visas, which are permits that can allow either temporary or permanent stay....
AdvancePersonalPlanning
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Advance Personal Planning and The Advance Personal Planning Act 2013 (NT) (APP Act) enables people to appoint alternative decision makers for care, welfare and ...
TheMedia
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The media and Media includes print (newspapers, magazines, newsletters); digital broadcast (radio, television and subscription television); and online via the i...
Copyrights
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Copyright and This section deals with the general principles and issues associated with the copyright laws, and the most commonly asked questions about copyrigh...
HumanRights
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Human rights and Treaties binding on Australia Australia has agreed to be bound by a range of international human rights treaties. The seven key international ...
LegalActionsByPrisoners
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Legal actions by prisoners and Criminal proceedings As well as the laws relating to managing prisons the criminal law generaly applies to prisoners and employe...
OnReleaseFromPrison
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When should a person expect to be released from prison? and The Commissioner and the correctional facility must release a prisoner from the prison on their rele...
Prisoners
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Prisoners and In the NT the main legislation governing prison matters is the Correctional Services Act 2014 NT (CSA) and Correctional Services Regulations 2014 ...
Sentencing
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Sentencing and In the NT, over 90% of people accused of offences either plead guilty or are found guilty of at least some of the charges levelled against them. ...
GoingToCourt
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Going to court and This section explains what happens when a person is charged with a criminal offence and taken to court. The laws in this area are contained i...
Bail
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Bail and When a person is charged with a criminal offence, they are required to go before the appropriate court, usually the Magistrates or Supreme Court, to ad...
InvestigationAndArrest
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Abbreviations used in this chapter: BA: Bail Act (NT)CCA: Criminal Code ActCDEP: Community Development Employment ProgramCSJ: Court of Summary JurisdictionDPP: Di...
Prostitution
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Prostitution and The Prostitution Regulation Act (PRA), which came into force on 8 May 1992, regulates prostitution in the NT. The PRA distinguishes between esc...
RoadRulesAndTrafficOffences
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Road rules and traffic offences and There are many laws governing how a person should behave when in control of a motor vehicle, motor cycle, bicycle, powered c...
DrugOffences
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Drug offences and This section deals with the law relating to the misuse of drugs. The governing law in the NT is found in the Misuse of Drugs Act 1990 (MDA) an...
SexualOffences
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Sexual offences and Sexual offences raise a range of potentially complex issues, including specific evidentiary provisions, procedural rules, sentencing and rep...
BusinessesStructuredForProfit
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Businesses structured for profit and A person who wants to start their own business has available to them a number of different business structures, ranging fro...
PublishPluginHistory
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Publishing Details Publisher: AdminUser Date: 02 Sep 2016 16:26 Dir: /home/www/foswiki/pub/publish/ URL: http://austlii.community/foswiki/pub/publish// Web(s): ...
VeteransEntitlements
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Veterans' entitlements and The Federal Government has legislative schemes that both provide pensions for, and compensate, eligible defence and ex defence servic...
PensionsBenefitsAndAllowances
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Pensions, benefits allowances and This chapter covers financial assistance payments made to individuals and families by the Federal Government. Payments are m...
InjuriesCausedByAnimals
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11.5 Injuries and accidents caused by animals and Generally owners are liable for the actions of their animals (including pets) and, in certain cases, can be ch...
AccidentsOnPrivateAndPublicProperty
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11.4 Accidents on private and public property and Accidents and injuries that happen on private or public property are sometimes caused by the conduct of others...
InjuriesAndDamageCausedByCrime
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11.3 Injuries and damage caused by crime and Introduction As of 1 May 2007 the Victims of Crime Assistance Act (VCAA) applies to persons who claim compensation...
HIVAIDS
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10.2 HIV/AIDS and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or AIDS is the name given to the final stage of infection with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). HIV...
DogsAndOtherAnimals
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Dogs and other animals and In the NT a number of different sources of law affect dogs and other domestic animals. Some laws are found in NT legislation; some lo...
AgedCare
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Aged care and Where to find information Comprehensive advice is available from the Commonwealth Government's online site: myagedcare. Go to http://www.myagedca...
Paternity
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Paternity and PATERNITY TESTING Paternity of a child may be an issue in child support matters, family law matters and matters relating to wills and estates. Th...
DealingwiththeDepartmentofImmigrationandBorderProtection
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Dealing with the DIBP , and Record keeping and timeframes Whenever you make contact with DIBP you should keep a note of the time and the name of the officer wi...
AttributionForm
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Attribution Form This is a maintenance topic, used by the Wiki administrator. Name Type Size Values Tooltip message Attributes AustLII _Cont...
TrademarksDesignsAndPatentsCopy
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Trade marks, designs and patents Abbreviations used in this chapter : ACC: Australian Copyright Council : AMCOS: Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owner's S...
Websitedesign
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Website design The design and/or layout of a website can be protected by copyright. This is quite separate from copyright ownership o...
Wellknowntmcertdefcollectivetm
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Well known marks certification, defensive and collective marks Apart from the general procedure for registration of a trade mark, t...
Whatconstitutesinfringementcopyright
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 What Constitutes an Infringement of Copyright? In simple terms, the copyright in a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work or re...
Whatdoescopyrightprotect
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 What does Copyright Protect? Copyright gives authors and creators legal protection for the following types of work: * literary wor...
Whatiscopyright
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 What is copyright? Copyright is a form of intellectual property which, as the name suggests, is an intangible form of personal proper...
Whatispatent
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 What is a patent? A patent is a legal document that gives an inventor exclusive right to exploit their invention for a specified peri...
Whattrademarktradesign
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 What is a trade mark/trade sign? The TMA defines a trade mark as: a sign used, or intended to be used, to distinguish goods or servic...
Whendoescopyrightapply
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 When Does Copyright Apply? There are three basic principles or 'characteristics' that need to be grasped in respect of copyright and ...
Whocanregistertm
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Who can register a trade mark? A person may apply for the registration of a trade mark in respect of goods and/or services if the per...
Whoownscopyright
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Who Owns the Copyright? The basic rule is that the author or creator is the first owner of copyright CA s.35(2) . But copyright owne...
Whyhaveiplaws
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Why do we have intellectual property laws? Intellectual property rights involve striking a balance between the interests of the origi...
Whypatent
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Why do we have patent protection? As with the other main areas of intellectual property, Australia's patent protection framework esse...
Rightsmanagementinformation
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Rights management information Amendments to the CA in 2000 introduced sanctions against tampering with electronic rights management i...
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