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This legislation has been repealed.

[This Regulation commenced on 10 September 2024 and was repealed by the Administrative Arrangements Order (No. 4) 2024 which commenced on the 28 November 2024.]

ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS ORDER (NO. 3) 2024

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Northern Territory of Australia


Financial Management Act 1995
Interpretation Act 1978
Public Sector Employment and Management Act 1993

Administrative Arrangements Order (No. 3) 2024
I, Hugh Crosby Heggie, Administrator of the Northern Territory of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, under section 35 of the Interpretation Act 1978 and for the Financial Management Act 1995 and the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 1993, make the following order.


  1. Commencement and application

(1) This order commences on 10 September 2024.

(2) This order has effect subject to any Act.

  1. Revocation of previous order

The order entitled "Administrative Arrangements Order (No. 2) 2024" dated 27 March 2024 and notified in Gazette No. S24 of 27 March 2024, is revoked.

  1. Nomination of Agencies for Financial Management Act 1995 and Public Sector Employment and Management Act 1993

(1) A department or other authority or body listed in Schedule 1, Part 1, is nominated as an Agency for:

(a) the Financial Management Act 1995; and

(b) the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 1993.

(2) A department or other authority or body listed in Schedule 1, Part 2, is nominated as an Agency for the Financial Management Act 1995.

(3) A department or other authority or body listed in Schedule 1, Part 3, is nominated as an Agency for the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 1993.

  1. Allocation of Acts, areas or activities of government, government authorities or entities and Agencies to Ministers

The Minister holding a Ministerial office mentioned in Schedule 2 is allocated:

(a) administration of each Act listed in Schedule 2, column 1 for the Ministerial office; and

(b) responsibility for each area or activity of government and government authority or government entity listed in Schedule 2, column 2 for the Ministerial office; and

(c) administration of each Agency specified in Schedule 2 for the Ministerial office to the extent that administration relates to the Acts, areas or activities of government and government authorities or entities mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b).

  1. Allocation of Acts, areas or activities of government and government authorities or entities to Agencies

An Agency listed in Schedule 2 is allocated:

(a) administration of each Act listed in Schedule 2, column 1, for the Agency; and

(b) responsibility for each area or activity of government and government authority or government entity listed in Schedule 2, column 2, for the Agency.
Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the Northern Territory of Australia on 10 September 2024.


Responsible Minister:


L. E. FINOCCHIARO
Chief Minister


H. C. HEGGIE
Administrator


Schedule 1 Nominated Agencies

Part 1 Agencies for Financial Management Act 1995 and Public Sector Employment and Management Act 1993

Attorney-General's Department

Auditor-General's Office

Department of Agriculture and Fisheries

Department of Children and Families

Department of Corporate and Digital Development

Department of Corrections

Department of Education and Training

Department of Health

Department of Housing, Local Government and Community Development

Department of Lands, Planning and Environment

Department of Logistics and Infrastructure

Department of Mining and Energy

Department of People, Sport and Culture

Department of the Chief Minister and Cabinet

Department of the Legislative Assembly

Department of Tourism and Hospitality

Department of Trade, Business and Asian Relations

Department of Treasury and Finance

Land Development Corporation

Northern Territory Electoral Commission

Northern Territory Fire and Emergency Service

Office of the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption

Ombudsman's Office

Part 2 Agencies for Financial Management Act 1995

Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority

NT Home Ownership

Northern Territory Police

Northern Territory Treasury Corporation

Part 3 Agency for Public Sector Employment and Management Act 1993

Police Civil Employment Unit


Schedule 2 Allocation of administration of Acts and responsibility for areas or activities of government and government authorities or entities

Chief Minister

Department of the Chief Minister and Cabinet
Assembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act 2006
Assembly Members' Remuneration (Basic Salary) Act 2022
Flag and Emblem Act 1985
Inquiries Act 1945
Interpretation Act 1978
Jabiru Town Development Repeal Act 2021
Public Information Act 2010
Referendums Act 1998
Succession to the Crown (Request) (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2013
Transfer of Powers Act 1976
Transfer of Powers (Further Provisions) Act 1977
Transfer of Powers (Self-Government) Act 1978
Remuneration Tribunal
Approvals Fast Track Taskforce
Cabinet and Executive Council services
Coordination, development and delivery of government policy and priority projects
Coordination of government administration and activities
Coordination of intergovernmental relations (except financial relations)
Northern Australia development policy, coordination and intergovernmental liaison
Obtaining information from, and directing work to be done by, Agencies on behalf of the Chief Minister and Cabinet
Parliamentary Counsel and legislative drafting
Protocol
Royal Commissions and inquiries
Security and emergency recovery
Statehood
Strategic communications
Territory regional leadership and policy coordination
Whole of government economic development strategy

Department of the Legislative Assembly
Constitutional Convention (Election) Act 2011
Legislative Assembly (Disclosure of Interests) Act 2008
Legislative Assembly (Members' Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards) Act 2008
Legislative Assembly Members (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1987
Legislative Assembly (Powers and Privileges) Act 1992
Legislative Assembly (Security) Act 1998
Legislative Assembly
Constitutional conventions

Auditor-General's Office
Audit Act 1995
Audit

Northern Territory Electoral Commission
Electoral Act 2004
Elections and electoral matters

Office of the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption
Independent Commissioner Against Corruption Act 2017
Integrity
Public interest disclosures
Whistleblower protection

Ombudsman's Office
Information Act 2002 (Parts 6 and 7, except sections 98(1) to (3), (5) and (6) and 99)
Ombudsman Act 2009
Ombudsman for the Northern Territory
Freedom of information
Privacy

Minister for Police

Northern Territory Police
Child Protection (Offender Reporting and Registration) Act 2004
Criminal Property Forfeiture Act 2002 (Part 10A)
Firearms Act 1997
Police Administration Act 1978 (except Part III)
Police (Special Investigative and Other Powers) Act 2015
Telecommunications (Interception) Northern Territory Act 2001
Terrorism (Emergency Powers) Act 2003
Weapons Control Act 2001
Youth Justice Act 2005 (Part 3)
Police Civil Employment Unit
Police Force of the Northern Territory
Crime prevention
Emergency response
Police

Minister for Fire and Emergency Services

Northern Territory Fire and Emergency Service
Bushfires Management Act 2016
Emergency Management Act 2013
Fire and Emergency Act 1996
Northern Territory Emergency Service
Northern Territory Fire and Rescue Service
Emergency services
Fire and rescue services
Rural bushfire management
Volunteer bushfire management
Volunteer emergency management
Volunteer fire and rescue management

Minister for Defence NT

Department of the Chief Minister and Cabinet

Defence community liaison
Defence-related industries
Strategic defence relations and engagement

Minister for Territory Coordinator

Department of the Chief Minister and Cabinet

Commercial facilitation of projects and investments of significance
Office of the Territory Coordinator

Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries

Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Act 2004
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Northern Territory) Act 1994
Animal Protection Act 2018
Biological Control Act 1986
Biological Resources Act 2006
Fisheries Act 1988
Gene Technology (Northern Territory) Act 2004
Hemp Industry Act 2019
Livestock Act 2008
Meat Industries Act 1996
Pastoral Land Act 1992 (except provisions about Aboriginal community living areas)
Plant Health Act 2008
Poppy Regulation Act 2014
Veterinarians Act 1994
Agriculture
Animal protection
Conservation of pastoral land
Fishing (other than recreational fishing)
Horticulture
Hygienic production of meat for human consumption
Interstate agricultural quarantine
Pastoral land administration
Primary industry biosecurity
Primary production and industry development
Protection of consumers of veterinary services

Minister for Mining and Energy

Department of Mining and Energy
Bonaparte Gas Pipeline (Special Provisions) Act 2007
Electricity Reform Act 2000 (except provisions about price regulation, provisions about the setting of licence fees, provisions about safety regulation and provisions about supply and service provision under licence)
Energy Pipelines Act 1981
Geothermal Energy Act 2009
Legacy Mines Remediation Act 2023
McArthur River Project Agreement Ratification Act 1992 (except provisions about royalties)
Merlin Project Agreement Ratification Act 1998 (except provisions about royalties)
Minerals (Acquisition) Act 1953
Mineral Titles Act 2010
Mining (Gove Peninsula Nabalco Agreement) Act 1968 (except provisions about royalties)
National Electricity (Northern Territory) (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2015
National Gas (Northern Territory) Act 2008
North East Gas Interconnector Pipeline (Special Provisions) Act 2015
Petroleum Act 1984 (except provisions about royalties, provisions relating to environmental regulation of exploration and production of petroleum and Part V, Division 2)
Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1981
Tanami Exploration Agreement Ratification Act 2004
Trans-Territory Pipeline and Blacktip Gas Projects (Special Provisions) Act 2005
Validation (Mining Tenements) Act 1987
Economic regulation (energy)
Energy industry development
Energy (oil, gas and geothermal) titles administration
Energy (oil and gas) pipeline operation regulation and pipeline title administration
Energy operations regulation, including regulating the integrity of wells, surface infrastructure and land access
Energy policy and strategy
Gas industry development
Mining development
Mining titles administration
Northern Territory Geological Survey
Offshore Supply Base
Oil and gas strategy, policy and industry development
Petroleum industry development
Petroleum titles administration
Regulation and management of mining and energy operations
Utilities market regulation (energy)

Minister for Corrections

Department of Corrections
Correctional Services Act 2014
International Transfer of Prisoners (Northern Territory) Act 2000
Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act 1983
Youth Justice Act 2005 (except Parts 3 and 4)
Correctional services
Youth detention
Youth justice

Minister for Renewables

Department of Mining and Energy

Office of Sustainable Energy
Renewables strategic policy

Minister for Recreational Fishing

Department of Agriculture and Fisheries

Recreational fishing

Treasurer

Department of Treasury and Finance
Administrators Pensions Act 1981
Advance Bank Integration Act 1998
Appropriation (2024-2025) Act 2024
Bank of South Australia (Merger with Advance Bank) Act 1996
Companies (Unclaimed Assets and Moneys) Act 1963
Competition Policy Reform (Northern Territory) Act 1996
Electricity Reform Act 2000 (provisions about price regulation and provisions about the setting of licence fees)
Financial Agreement Between the Commonwealth, States and Territories (Approval) Act 1994
Financial Management Act 1995
Financial Relations Agreement (Consequential Provisions) Act 2000
First Home Owner Grant Act 2000
Fiscal Integrity and Transparency Act 2001
Gaming Control Act 1993 (provisions about taxes and levies)
Gaming Machine Act 1995 (Part 8)
Government Owned Corporations Act 2001
Legislative Assembly Members' Pensions Act 1979
Legislative Assembly Members' Superannuation Contributions Act 2004
McArthur River Project Agreement Ratification Act 1992 (provisions about royalties)
Merlin Project Agreement Ratification Act 1998 (provisions about royalties)
Mineral Royalties Act 2024
Mineral Royalty Act 1982
Mining (Gove Peninsula Nabalco Agreement) Act 1968 (provisions about royalties)
Motor Accidents (Compensation) Act 1979
Motor Accidents (Compensation) Commission Act 2014
Motor Vehicles Act 1949 (Part V)
Payroll Tax Act 2009
Petroleum Act 1984 (provisions about royalties)
Petroleum Royalty Act 2023
Racing and Wagering Act 2024 (Part 5)
Revenue Units Act 2009
Soccer Football Pools Act 1978 (provisions about duties)
Stamp Duty Act 1978
Superannuation Act 1986
Superannuation Guarantee (Safety Net) Act 1993
Taxation Administration Act 2007
Territory Insurance Office (Sale) Act 2014
Totalisator Licensing and Regulation Act 2000 (provisions about wagering tax)
Unclaimed Superannuation Benefits Act 1998
Water Supply and Sewerage Services Act 2000 (except sections 32(1) and (5), 46, 49(3), 50(2), 52(2), 55(1), 57(2), 61(1) and 63(5), (6) and (7))
Budget management
Commercial analysis
Commercial contract management
Economic policy and analysis
Economic regulation (excluding energy)
Financial management
Insurance policy
Intergovernmental financial relations
Mining royalties
Own source revenue
Promotion of economic growth
Public finance policy
Public sector superannuation policy and administration
Public sector wages policy
Public sector workers' compensation administration
Statistical policy and coordination
Taxation
Utilities market regulation (excluding energy)

Northern Territory Treasury Corporation
Northern Territory Treasury Corporation Act 1994
Financial asset and liability management
Territory borrowings

Not allocated to an Agency
Utilities Commission Act 2000
Utilities Commission of the Northern Territory

Minister for Logistics and Infrastructure

Department of Logistics and Infrastructure
Aerodromes Act Repeal Act 2002
AustralAsia Railway Corporation Act 1996
AustralAsia Railway (Special Provisions) Act 1999
AustralAsia Railway (Third Party Access) Act 1999
Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport Act 1991
Control of Roads Act 1953
Marine Act 1981
Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2013
Motor Vehicles Act 1949 (except Part V)
Port of Darwin Act 2015
Ports Management Act 2015
Public Transport (Passenger Safety) Act 2008
Rail Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2012
Traffic Act 1987
The AustralAsia Railway Corporation
Administration of arrangements with operator for Port of Darwin
Assets and program management
Commercial passenger vehicle industry
Designated ports (including regional harbourmasters)
Freight and logistics industry development
Infrastructure planning, management and delivery
Maritime industry development
Ports development
Procurement (infrastructure services)
Public transport
Rail industry development
Recreational boating safety
Regional air services development
Release of industrial and residential land
Road network management
Road safety
Road transport
Strategic growth and infrastructure planning
Transport assets
Transport policy and planning
Whole of government strategic logistics and infrastructure policy, planning and delivery required for the development of the Northern Territory

Minister for Housing Construction

Department of Logistics and Infrastructure

Housing construction industry development

Attorney-General

Attorney-General's Department
Absconding Debtors Act 1978
Accommodation Providers Act 1981
Administration and Probate Act 1969
Advance Personal Planning Act 2013
Age of Majority Act 1974
Anglican Church of Australia Act 1975
Anti-Discrimination Act 1992
Australian Crime Commission (Northern Territory) Act 2005
Bail Act 1982
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996
Business Tenancies (Fair Dealings) Act 2003
Caravan Parks Act 2012
Care and Protection of Children Act 2007 (Part 3.3)
Catholic Church in the Northern Territory Act 1979
Children's Commissioner Act 2013
Choice of Law (Limitation Periods) Act 1994
Classification of Publications, Films and Computer Games Act 1985
Commercial Arbitration (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011
Community Based Sentences (Interstate Transfer) Act 2023
Community Justice Centre Act 2005
Companies (Trustees and Personal Representatives) Act 1981
Compensation (Fatal Injuries) Act 1974
Construction Contracts (Security of Payments) Act 2004
Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading Act 1990 (except Parts 10 and 14)
Consumer Credit (National Uniform Legislation) Implementation Act 2010
Contracts Act 1978
Coroners Act 1993
Corporations (Financial Services Reform Amendments) Act 2002
Corporations (Northern Territory Request) Act 2001
Corporations Reform (Northern Territory) Act 2001
Courts and Administrative Tribunals (Immunities) Act 2008
Court Security Act 1998
Crimes at Sea Act 2000
Criminal Code Act 1983
Criminal Investigation (Extra-territorial Offences) Act 1985
Criminal Property Forfeiture Act 2002 (except Part 10A)
Criminal Records (Spent Convictions) Act 1992
Cross-border Justice Act 2009
Crown Proceedings Act 1993
Cullen Bay Marina Act 1992
Dangerous Goods Act 1998
De Facto Relationships Act 1991
De Facto Relationships (Northern Territory Request) Act 2003
Defamation Act 2006
Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1990
Domestic and Family Violence Act 2007 (except Chapter 5A)
Domicile Act 1979
Electrical Safety Act 2022
Electricity Reform Act 2000 (provisions about safety regulation)
Electronic Conveyancing (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2013
Electronic Transactions (Northern Territory) Act 2000
Encroachment of Buildings Act 1982
Evidence Act 1939
Evidence (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011
Expungement of Historical Homosexual Offence Records Act 2018
Family Provision Act 1970
Fences Act 1972
Financial Sector Reform (Northern Territory) Act 1999
Financial Transaction Reports Act 1992
Guardianship of Adults Act 2016
Health and Community Services Complaints Act 1998
Health Care Decision Making Act 2023 (except Part 4)
Health Practitioners Act 2004 (Part 3)
Information Act 2002 (Parts 1 to 5, sections 98(1) to (3), (5) and (6) and 99, Parts 7A, 8 and 10 to 13)
Judicial Commission Act 2020
Juries Act 1962
Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross Vesting) Act 1987
Justices of the Peace Act 1991
Lake Bennett (Land Title) Act 2005
Land Title Act 2000
Law Officers Act 1978
Law of Property Act 2000
Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1956
Legal Profession Act 2006
Limitation Act 1981
Liquor Commission Act 2018
Local Court Act 2015
Local Court (Civil Procedure) Act 1989
Local Court (Criminal Procedure) Act 1928
Married Persons (Equality of Status) Act 1989
Mental Health and Related Services Act 1998 (Part 15)
Misuse of Drugs Act 1990
Monetary Units Act 2018
Monitoring of Places of Detention (Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture) Act 2018
Mutual Recognition (Northern Territory) Act 1992
Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2014
Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction for Native Title Matters) Act 2014
Oaths, Affidavits and Declarations Act 2010
Off-shore Waters (Application of Territory Laws) Act 1985
Parole Act 1971
Parole Orders (Transfer) Act 1981
Partnership Act 1997
Penalty Units Act 2009
Personal Injuries (Liabilities and Damages) Act 2003
Personal Property Securities (National Uniform Legislation) Implementation Act 2010
Personal Violence Restraining Orders Act 2016
Powers of Attorney Act 1980
Presbyterian Church (Northern Territory) Property Trust Act 1986
Price Exploitation Prevention Act 1949
Printers and Newspapers Act 1984
Professional Standards Act 2004
Proportionate Liability Act 2005
Public Notaries Act 1992
Public Seal Act 1954
Public Trustee Act 1979
Radioactive Ores and Concentrates (Packaging and Transport) Act 1980
Real Property (Unit Titles) Act 1975
Registration Act 1927
Residential Tenancies Act 1999
Retirement Villages Act 1995
Return to Work Act 1986
Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995
Sale of Goods Act 1972
Sale of Goods (Vienna Convention) Act 1987
Salvation Army (Northern Territory) Property Trust Act 1976
Sea-Carriage Documents Act 1998
Sentencing Act 1995
Sentencing (Crime of Murder) and Parole Reform Act 2003
Serious Crime Control Act 2009
Serious Sex Offenders Act 2013
Sexual Offences (Evidence and Procedure) Act 1983
Sheriff Act 1962
Small Claims Act 2016
Sources of the Law Act 1985
Standard Time Act 2005
Status of Children Act 1978
Summary Offences Act 1923
Supreme Court Act 1979
Supreme Court (Judges Long Leave Payments) Act 1980
Supreme Court (Judges Pensions) Act 1980
Supreme Court (Rules of Procedure) Act 1987
Surveillance Devices Act 2007
Termination of Units Plans and Unit Title Schemes Act 2014
Terrorism (Northern Territory) Request Act 2003
The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited (Merger) Act 1982
The Commercial Bank of Australia Limited (Merger) Act 1982
Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road and Rail (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2010
Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1998
Trespass Act 2023
Trustee Act 1893
Uncollected Goods Act 2004
Unit Titles Act 1975
Unit Title Schemes Act 2009 (except Part 4.1)
Uniting Church in Australia Act 1977
Validation (Native Title) Act 1994
Vexatious Proceedings Act 2006
Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2006
Victims of Crime Rights and Services Act 2006
Warehousemen's Liens Act 1969
Wills Act 2000
Witness Protection (Northern Territory) Act 2002
Work Health Administration Act 2011
Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011
Youth Justice Act 2005 (Part 4)
Children's Commissioner
Health and Community Services Complaints Commission
Liquor Commission
Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal
Public Guardian
Work Health Authority
Administration of justice
Anti-discrimination
Caravan parks
Censorship
Civil and administrative review
Civil liberties
Community justice
Community service complaints
Constitutional development
Consumer affairs
Corporate affairs
Courts administration
Criminal prosecutions
Dangerous goods
Equal opportunity
Explosives
Financial institutions
Guardianship of adults
Health complaints
Land titles
Land titles registration law
Law reform
Legal profession
Parole
Safety regulation
Trade measurement
Work health and safety
Workers rehabilitation and compensation

Not allocated to an Agency
Legal Aid Act 1990
Northern Territory Legal Aid Commission
Legal aid (except Aboriginal legal aid)

Minister for Tourism and Hospitality

Department of Tourism and Hospitality
Liquor Act 2019
Tobacco Control Act 2002 (provisions about smoking in liquor licensed premises)
Tourism NT Act 2012
Tourism NT
Film, television and new media
Liquor regulation and compliance
Smoking in liquor licensed premises

Not allocated to an Agency
Darwin Waterfront Corporation Act 2006
Darwin Waterfront Corporation

Minister for Major Events

Not allocated to an Agency

Northern Territory Major Events Company

Minister for Parks and Wildlife

Department of Tourism and Hospitality
Cobourg Peninsula Aboriginal Land, Sanctuary and Marine Park Act 1981
Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge) National Park Act 1989
Nudity Act 1975
Parks and Reserves (Framework for the Future) Act 2003
Parks and Wildlife Commission Act 1980
Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1976 (except Part 4, Divisions 1 to 5)
Conservation Land Corporation
Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory
Territory Wildlife Parks
Aboriginal Rangers
Botanic gardens
Management of Territory parks and reserves
Window on the Wetlands

Minister for Racing

Department of Tourism and Hospitality
Gaming Control Act 1993 (except provisions about taxes and levies)
Gaming Machine Act 1995 (except Part 8)
Racing and Wagering Act 2024 (except Part 5)
Sale of NT TAB Act 2000
Soccer Football Pools Act 1978 (except provisions about duties)
Totalisator Licensing and Regulation Act 2000 (except provisions about wagering tax)
Northern Territory Racing and Wagering Commission
Casinos, gaming, wagering and lotteries
Horseracing, trotting and greyhound racing
Totalisators

Minister for Health

Department of Health
Alcohol Harm Reduction Act 2017
Cancer (Registration) Act 2009
Disability Services Act 1993 (Parts 3 to 7)
Food Act 2004
Health Care Decision Making Act 2023 (Part 4)
Health Practitioner Regulation (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2010
Health Practitioners Act 2004 (except Part 3)
Health Service Act 2021
Medical Services Act 1982
Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2012
National Health Funding Pool and Administration (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2012
Notifiable Diseases Act 1981
Private Hospitals Act 1981
Public and Environmental Health Act 2011
Radiation Protection Act 2004
Surrogacy Act 2022
Termination of Pregnancy Law Reform Act 2017
Tobacco Control Act 2002 (except provisions about smoking in liquor licensed premises, licensing and enforcement)
Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1979
Volatile Substance Abuse Prevention Act 2005
Water Supply and Sewerage Services Act 2000 (sections 46, 49(3) and 50(2))
Alcohol and other drug services
Alcohol management plans
Alcohol treatment and rehabilitation
Food security
Forensic disability services
Health (including hospital and medical services)
Human quarantine
Morgues (Territory wide)
Public health
Restrictive Practices Authorisation Unit
Services to people who are aged
Sexual assault services
Water quality

Not allocated to an Agency
Menzies School of Health Research Act 1985
Menzies School of Health Research
University medical education and research

Minister for Mental Health

Department of Health
Mental Health and Related Services Act 1998 (except Part 15)
Mental health services

Minister for Alcohol Policy

Department of Health

Alcohol policy (except liquor regulation and compliance)

Minister for Aboriginal Affairs

Department of the Chief Minister and Cabinet
Aboriginal Land Act 1978
Kenbi Land Trust Act 2011
Treaty Commissioner Act 2020
Aboriginal affairs policy and coordination
Aboriginal land strategic policy

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Community Development

Department of Housing, Local Government and Community Development
Burial and Cremation Act 2022
Community Housing Providers (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2013
Crown Lands Act 1992 (section 79)
Desert Knowledge Australia Act 2003
Housing Act 1982
Local Government Act 2019 (except Chapter 8)
Local Government Grants Commission Act 1986
Local Government (Katherine Rates) Act 1999
Northern Territory Rates Act 1971
Pounds Act 1930
Status of Darwin Act 1959
Status of Palmerston Act 2000
Chief Executive Officer (Housing)
Desert Knowledge Australia
Northern Territory Grants Commission
NT Home Ownership
Aboriginal housing
Aboriginal Interpreter Service
Community and social housing
Community development for regional centres and remote communities
Government employee housing
Housing loans
Interpreting and translating services
Local decision making
Local government
Local government funding
Provision of funding for essential services for remote communities and homelands
Public housing
Remote communities and homelands
Town camps

Northern Territory Electoral Commission
Local Government Act 2019 (Chapter 8)
Local government elections and electoral matters

Minister for Essential Services

Not allocated to an Agency
Electricity Reform Act 2000 (provisions about supply and service provision under licence)
Power and Water Corporation Act 1987
Power Generation Corporation Act 2014
Power Retail Corporation Act 2014
Water Supply and Sewerage Services Act 2000 (sections 32(1) and (5), 52(2), 55(1), 57(2), 61(1) and 63(5), (6) and (7))
Jacana Energy
Power and Water Corporation
Power Generation Corporation
Power Retail Corporation
Territory Generation
Electricity generation and supply operations
Public sewerage and drainage services operations
Public water supplies operations
Supply and service provision under licence

Minister for Lands, Planning and Environment

Department of Lands, Planning and Environment
Building Act 1993 (except provisions relating to the regulation and licensing of occupations)
Crown Lands Act 1992 (except section 79)
Crown Lands Freehold (Conversion from Crown Leasehold) Act 1980
Environmental Offences and Penalties Act 1996
Environment Protection Act 2019
Environment Protection (Beverage Containers and Plastic Bags) Act 2011
Heritage Act 2011
Lake Eyre Basin Intergovernmental Agreement Act 2009
Lands Acquisition Act 1978
Lands Acquisition (Pastoral Leases) Act 1982
Licensed Surveyors Act 1983 (except provisions relating to the regulation and licensing of occupations)
Litter Act 1972
Marine Pollution Act 1999
Miscellaneous Acts Amendment (Aboriginal Community Living Areas) Act 1989
National Environment Protection Council (Northern Territory) Act 1994
National Trust (Northern Territory) Act 1976
Northern Territory Environment Protection Authority Act 2012
Northern Territory Land Corporation Act 1989
Nuclear Waste Transport, Storage and Disposal (Prohibition) Act 2004
Pastoral Land Act 1992 (provisions about Aboriginal community living areas)
Petroleum Act 1984 (provisions relating to environmental regulation of exploration for and production of petroleum and Part V, Division 2)
Place Names Act 1967
Planning Act 1999
Plumbers and Drainers Licensing Act 1983 (except provisions relating to the regulation and licensing of occupations)
Soil Conservation and Land Utilisation Act 1969
Special Purposes Leases Act 1953
Swimming Pool Safety Act 2004
Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1976 (Part 4, Divisions 1 to 5)
Valuation of Land Act 1963
Waste Management and Pollution Control Act 1998
Water Efficiency Labelling Standards (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2014
Weeds Management Act 2001
Development Consent Authority
Northern Territory Environment Protection Authority
Planning Commission
Aboriginal carbon policy
Biodiversity conservation and assessment
Building advisory services
Conservation and wildlife
Environmental assessment compliance and enforcement
Environmental management of energy (oil and gas) operations
Environmental management of geothermal energy operations
Environmental management of mining operations
Environment protection and sustainability
Environment strategy and policy
Heritage conservation
Land administration
Land information
Land resources assessment and management
Land use planning and development assessment
Lands and planning
Office of Climate Change
Strategic direction on environmental matters
Weed management
Wildlife management

Land Development Corporation
Land Development Corporation Act 2003
Development and management of strategic industrial and residential land

Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority
Northern Territory Aboriginal Sacred Sites Act 1989
Aboriginal sacred sites

Minister for Corporate and Digital Development

Department of Corporate and Digital Development
Fines and Penalties (Recovery) Act 2001
Information Act 2002 (Part 9 provisions about records services)
Data Centre Services
Fines Recovery Unit
NT Fleet
Banking arrangements
Corporate services reform
Corporate taxation advice
Cyber security emergency response and recovery
Cyber security of government computing environment
Cyber security policy, strategy and intergovernmental relations
Digital government
Enterprise information communication technology projects
Freedom of information administration support
Government office accommodation
Human resources
Information and communication technology industry engagement and participation
Information and communication technology policy and governance
Public sector corporate services
Public sector information architecture, information communication technology systems and services
Records services
Shared corporate services
Whole of government data sharing policy and governance

Minister for Water Resources

Department of Lands, Planning and Environment
Water Act 1992
Aboriginal water policy
Office of Water Security
Water resources assessment and management

Minister for Education and Training

Department of Education and Training
Education Act 2015
Higher Education Act 2004
Teacher Registration (Northern Territory) Act 2004
Training and Skills Development Act 2016
Apprenticeships and traineeships
Approval and accreditation of higher education institutions and courses
Distance education
Grants for educational organisations
Planning, development and administration of schools and vocational education and training in schools
Quality of training
Student assistance schemes
Teacher registration and regulation of teaching profession
Training and employment programs and assistance schemes
Vocational education and training administration

Not allocated to an Agency
Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education Act 1999
Charles Darwin University Act 2003
Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education
Charles Darwin University
Advanced education planning and development
Development, accreditation and delivery of higher education and vocational training programs for Indigenous people
University education and research

Minister for Early Education

Department of Education and Training
Education and Care Services (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011
Early years education and care services and regulation

Minister for Public Service

Department of the Chief Minister and Cabinet
Annual Leave Act 1981
Correctional Officers Arbitral Tribunal Act 1950
Long Service Leave Act 1981
Police Administration Act 1978 (Part III)
Portable Long Service Leave (Community Services Sector) Act 2024
Public Employment (Mobility) Act 1989
Public Holidays Act 1981
Public Sector Employment and Management Act 1993
Commissioner for Public Employment
Development and coordination of public employment strategies
Industrial relations
Public sector management and development

Minister for Trade, Business and Asian Relations

Department of Trade, Business and Asian Relations
Agents Licensing Act 1979
Architects Act 1963
Associations Act 2003
Auctioneers Act 1935
Building Act 1993 (provisions relating to the regulation and licensing of occupations)
Business Names (National Uniform Legislation) Implementation Act 2012
Business Names (National Uniform Legislation) Request Act 2011
Commercial and Private Agents Licensing Act 1979
Construction Industry Long Service Leave and Benefits Act 2005
Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading Act 1990 (Parts 10 and 14)
Co-operatives (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2015
Essential Goods and Services Act 1981
Ichthys LNG Project Act 2008
Kava Management Act 1998
Licensed Surveyors Act 1983 (provisions relating to the regulation and licensing of occupations)
Plumbers and Drainers Licensing Act 1983 (provisions relating to the regulation and licensing of occupations)
Plumbers and Drainers Licensing (Validation) Act 1990
Private Security Act 1995
Procurement Act 1995
Sex Industry Act 2019
Solar Project (Australia-Asia Power Link) (Special Provisions) Act 2022
Tobacco Control Act 2002 (provisions about licensing and enforcement)
Unit Title Schemes Act 2009 (Part 4.1)
NT Build
Procurement Review Board
Business and industry support and development
Business innovation support and development
Civil space industry
Cooperatives
Domestic and international air services
Essential goods and services
Financial assistance to industry associations and business
Incorporated associations
Industry engagement and participation
Investment attraction
Investment facilitation
Investment promotion and market engagement
Kava and tobacco
Occupational licences relating to land use, including building work
Occupational licenses relating to the other areas of government allocated to the Agency
Private security industry
Procurement policy and reform
Sex work industry
Territory Business Centres
Trade development, strategy and policy

Minister for International Education, Migration and Population

Department of Trade, Business and Asian Relations

International education strategy
International engagement
Population policy

Minister for Workforce Development

Department of Trade, Business and Asian Relations

Labour market analysis
Office of Workforce Development (including business and skilled migration)

Minister for Advanced Manufacturing

Department of Trade, Business and Asian Relations

Whole of government oversight of the development of advanced manufacturing industries

Minister for Children and Families

Department of Children and Families
Adoption of Children Act 1994
Guardianship of Infants Act 1972
Child guardianship
Children and families policy
Children's services
Family and parent support services
Family responsibility agreements and orders
Homelessness services
Out of home care
Whole of government children's strategic policy

Minister for Child Protection

Department of Children and Families
Care and Protection of Children Act 2007 (except Part 3.3)
Child protection

Minister for Prevention of Domestic Violence

Department of Children and Families
Domestic and Family Violence Act 2007 (Chapter 5A)
Family violence services
Whole of government responsibilities for the prevention of domestic, family and sexual violence

Minister for People, Sport and Culture

Department of People, Sport and Culture
Carers Recognition Act 2006
Information Act 2002 (Part 9 provisions about archives management)
Major Cricket Events Act 2003
Meteorites Act 1988
Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004
Strehlow Research Centre Act 2005
Strehlow Research Centre Board
Archives management
Collection and preservation of natural and cultural heritage
Community grants for recreation and sports associations
Library and information services
Management of cultural facilities
Sport and recreation
Sporting events
Sporting facilities
Territory Sports Academy
Water safety

Not allocated to an Agency
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Act 2014
Board of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory

Minister for Disability

Department of People, Sport and Culture
Disability Services Act 1993 (Except Parts 3 to 7)
National Disability Insurance Scheme (Worker Clearance) Act 2020
National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) implementation
National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) worker screening
Services to people with disabilities

Minister for Arts

Department of People, Sport and Culture

Arts and cultural development
Arts grants

Minister for Youth, Seniors and Equality

Department of People, Sport and Culture

Pensioner and carer concessions
Seniors Card
Senior Territorians policy
Whole of government youth strategic policy
Women's policy
Youth affairs and Office of Youth

Minister for Multicultural Affairs

Department of People, Sport and Culture

Multicultural affairs

Minister for Veterans

Department of People, Sport and Culture

Veterans' support and engagement

List of Ministers and ministerial offices
as at 10 September 2024

This List is for information only. The number and designation of Ministerial offices is determined by the Administrator under section 34 of the Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978 (Cth). The Ministers are appointed by the Administrator under section 36 of that Act.

Lia Emele Finocchiaro
Chief Minister
Minister for Police
Minister for Fire and Emergency Service


Marie-Clare Joy Boothby
Attorney-General
Minister for Tourism and Hospitality
Minister for Major Events
Minister for Parks and Wildlife
Minister for Racing


Steven Mark Edgington
Minister for Health
Minister for Mental Health
Minister for Alcohol Policy
Minister for Aboriginal Affairs
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Community Development
Minister for Essential Services


Joshua Roland Burgoyne
Minister for Lands, Planning and Environment
Minister for Corporate and Digital Development
Minister for Water Resources


Jo-Anne Hersey
Minister for Education and Training
Minister for Early Education
Minister for Public Service


Robyn Patricia Cahill
Minister for Trade, Business and Asian Relations
Minister for International Education, Migration and Population
Minister for Workforce Development
Minister for Advanced Manufacturing
Minister for Children and Families
Minister for Child Protection
Minister for Prevention of Domestic Violence


Jinson Anto Charls
Minister for People, Sport and Culture
Minister for Disability
Minister for Arts
Minister for Youth, Seniors and Equality
Minister for Multicultural Affairs
Minister for Veterans




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