EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Northern Territory National Emergency Response (Community Store—Finke or Apatula) Instrument 2007
The Northern Territory National Emergency Response (Community Store—Finke or Apatula) Instrument 2007 (the Instrument) is made under subsection 123(1) of the Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007 (the Act).
Purpose
The purpose of the Instrument is to specify that the place known as Finke or Apatula is a place for the purposes of subparagraph 92(1)(b)(ii) of the Act.
The effect is that a business that is carried on at the place known as Finke or Apatula may be considered to be a community store within the meaning of section 92 of the Act.
To fall within the definition of community store in section 92 a business that is carried on at Finke or Apatula would have to satisfy the other requirements set out in section 92, namely, that one of the main purposes of the business is the provision of grocery items and drinks (paragraph 92(1)(a)) and that the business is not a business mentioned in subsection 92(2) (which specifies businesses that are not community stores).
Background
The Australian Government wishes to expand the income management regime to include income support recipients in the indigenous community of Finke (which is also known as Apatula).
In order for this expansion to occur the community store at Finke or Apatula must be licensed. To make this licensing possible, the place of Finke or Apatula must be specified, by legislative instrument under subsection 123(1) of the Act as a place for the purposes of subparagraph 92(1)(b)(ii) of the Act.
Consultation and Regulatory Impact Analysis
No consultation in relation to the Instrument was undertaken because this legislative instrument is of a minor or machinery nature that does not substantially alter existing arrangements. In addition the Instrument was required to be made as a matter of urgency.