Northern Territory (Self-Government) Amendment Regulations 1998 (No. 1) 1998 No. 287
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Statutory Rules 1998 No. 287
Issued by the authority of the Minister for Regional Development, Territories and Local Government
Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978
Northern Territory (Self-Government) Amendment Regulations 1998 (No. 1 )
The Amendment Regulations amend the Northern Territory (Self-Government) Regulations to ensure that Ministers of the Northern Territory have executive authority for railways.
Details of the proposed Regulations are as follows:
Subregulation 1.1 provides that the name of the regulations is the Northern Territory (Self-Government) Regulations 1998.
Subregulation 2.1 provides that the regulations commence on gazettal.
Subregulation 3.1 provides that the Northern Territory (Self-Government) Regulations are amended as set out in the regulations.
Subregulation 4.1 omits regulation 1 (Citation) and replaces it with a new regulation including the year of making in the title, ie 1978.
Regulation 5 amends regulation 4 (Matters in respect of which Ministers of the Territory have executive authority).
Subregulation 5.1 omits the words relating to "surface transport regulation" in subregulation 4(1) and replaces them with the inclusion of references to "railways" and "railway safety".