EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Northern Territory National Emergency Response (Alcohol) Declaration 2007 (No. 1)
Summary
The Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007 (the Emergency Response Act) provides for special emergency measures to apply in prescribed areas. Division 2 of Part 2 of the Emergency Response Act provides for certain alcohol-related measures to apply in relation to prescribed areas.
The term prescribed area is defined in section 4 of the Emergency Response Act.
Paragraph 19(1)(b) of the Emergency Response Act provides that the Commonwealth Minister may declare that Division 2 of Part 2 of that Act ceases to have effect in relation to a specified prescribed area or specified part of a prescribed area.
The Northern Territory National Emergency Response (Alcohol) Declaration 2007 (No. 1) (the Declaration) provides that specified camping grounds in Kakadu National Park and Nitmiluk National Park are areas in relation to which Division 2 of Part 2 of the Emergency Response Act ceases to have effect.
Explanation of the provisions
Section 1 of the Declaration provides that it is called the Northern Territory National Emergency Response (Alcohol) Declaration 2007 (No. 1).
Section 2 provides that the Declaration commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
Section 3 provides that each part of a prescribed area listed in Schedule 1 of the Declaration is part of a prescribed area in relation to which Division 2 of Part 2 of the Emergency Response Act ceases to have effect.
Consultation
Consultation was undertaken with the managing bodies of both Parks and the Indigenous Information and Analysis Section in the Australian Government Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.