EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Northern Territory National Emergency Response (Ranger Project Area) Declaration 2010 (No. 1)
Summary
The Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007 (the Act) refers to certain areas of the Northern Territory as “prescribed areas”. Part 2, Division 2 of the Act provides for the application of certain alcohol measures in these prescribed areas. The Northern Territory National Emergency Response (Ranger Project Area) Declaration 2010 (No. 1) (the Declaration) provides that the alcohol measures prescribed in Part 2, Division 2 of the Act cease to have effect in relation to the Ranger Project Area described in Schedule 1 to the Declaration.
Explanation of the provisions
Section 1 of the Declaration provides that it is called the Northern Territory National Emergency Response (Ranger Project Area) Declaration 2010 (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 of the Declaration provides that Part 2, Division 2 of the Act ceases to have effect in relation to the area specified in the Schedule to the Declaration.
The Schedule to the Declaration describes the area to which Part 2, Division 2 of the Act ceases to apply.
Consultation
Subsection 19(5) of the Act prescribes the requirements for community consultation prior to making a declaration under paragraph 19(1)(b). The part of a prescribed area to which this Declaration relates is occupied and controlled by the company who has sought the declaration. The Department also directly consulted with the Northern Land Council, Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation, Northern Territory Police, Department of Health and Families and Department of Justice. A detailed explanation of the company’s application for the declaration and rationale for the wet mess which the company proposes to establish at the location was provided to all interested parties during consultation process.