The Society's Council, CEO, committee members and the Senior Policy Lawyer actively monitor legislative changes affecting the NT legal profession and major legal issues affecting the NT community.

 

15/06/2020 - Practice Directions for the Specialist Approach to Domestic Violence at Alice Springs Local Court - Release for Consultation

06/04/2020 - Aboriginal Justice Agreement

03/04/2020 - COVID-19 Response

10/03/2020 - OPCAT Implentation

02/03/2020 - Use of Spit Hoods on Children

14/02/02020 - Health Care Decision Makers

29/01/2020 - Justice Legislation Amendment (Domestic and Family Violence) Bill 2019

13/11/2019 - Residential Legislation Amendment Bill 2019 

18/10/2019 - Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management to Cashless Debit Card) Transaction Bill 2019

05/09/2019 - Request for Information - Community Work Orders

17/07/2019 - Use and Management of Police Informers

12/07/2019 - Police General Order - Custody

24/06/2019 - Criminal Code Amendment (Joint Commission) Bill 2019

18/06/2019 - Youth Justice and Related Legislation Amendment Bill 2019

05/06/2019 - Practice Direction No 6 of 2009

15/05/2019 - School Based Policing Program

15/05/2019 - Further Clarification: Outstanding Royal Commission Recommendations

15/05/2019 - Specialist Youth Judge

07/05/2019 - Reforming Regulation of the Sex Industry in the Northern Territory

03/05/2019 - Imposition of Victim Levies on Youth Offenders

17/04/2019 - Youth Justice and Related Legislation Amendment Bill 2019

17/04/2019 - Care and Protection of Children Bill 2018

09/04/2019 - Victims of Crime Reform

04/04/2019 - Breaking the Cycle

13/03/2019 - Proposal to Fund Tenancy Advice Service

12/03/2019 - Approved Project under Section 97 of the Youth Justice Act 2005 (NT)

07/03/2019 - Protocol for Dealing with Children in Residential Care

06/02/2019 - Proposal to Specify Rehabilitation for the Purposes of the Bail Act (NT)

12/12/2018 - Justice Legislation Amendment Bill 2018

21/11/2018 - Criminal Code Amendment Bill 2018

30/10/2018 - Civil Litigation Reforms - Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse

27/09/2018 - Proposed Christmas Shutdown of Land Titles Office

25/09/2018 - Proposed Practice Direction - Work Health Hearings

20/09/2018 - Agents and Land Legislation Amendment Bill 2018

30/08/2018 - Remuneration Rate for Cost Assessors

23/08/2018 - Proposed Amendment to the Legal Profession Regulations

07/08/2018 - Agents and Land Legislation Amendment Bill

12/07/2018 - NTCAT Amendment Bill 2018

04/07/2018 - Proposed Amendments to the Sentencing Act

02/07/2018 - Double Listings of Work Health Hearings

29/05/2018 - NTCAT Amendment Bill 2018

23/05/2018 - Uniformity of Impairment Assessments

09/05/2018 - Liquor Act Amendment (Point-of-Sale-Intervention) Bill

09/05/2018 - Changes to Standing Orders

09/05/2018 - Liquor Act Amendment (Point of Sale Intervention) Bill

13/04/2018 - Work Health court Listings

01/03/2018 - Residential Tenancy Act Amendments

15/02/2018 - NTCAT Amendments

01/02/2018 - Modernisation of the Anti-Discrimination Act

22/01/2018 - Interpretation Legislation Amendments

13/12/2017 - Construction Contracts

29/09/2017 - Political Donations Inquiry

14/07/2017 - Alcohol Policies and Legislation Review

26/07/2017 - ICAC Submission

21/06/2017 - Business Tenancies (Fair Dealings) Act

21/06/2017 - Supreme Court Amendment (Associate Judges) Bill

17/02/2017 - Whistleblower Protection for the Independent commissioner Against Corruption

31/01/2017 - Entitlement to Sign Registry Instruments

18/01/2017 - Proposed Amendments - Family Law Act

15/11/2016 - Youth Justice Legislation Amendment Bill

23/08/2016 - Double Listing in the Work Health Court

04/08/2016 - Proposed Amendments to the Local Court Rules

29/04/2016 - Review of Indigenous Incarceration Matters in Northern Territory, Phase 1, 26 January 2016

15/03/2016 - Inquiry - NT Anti-Corruption Integrity and Misconduct Commission

09/03/2016 - Amendment to Police Administration Act (Infectious Diseases)

10/02/2016 - Sex Offender and Child Homocide Offender Public Website (Daniel's Law) Bill

01/03/2016 - Guardianship of Adults Bill

23/11/2015 - Domestic Violence Issues Paper

06/11/2015 - Sex Offender and Child Homicide Offender Public Website (Daniel's Law) Bill 2015

31/08/2015 - Apprehended Violence Orders

28/08/2015 - Consultation Regarding Proposed Anti-Corruption Body

21/07/2015 - Corrections

20/12/2012 - Migration Amendment (Unauthorised Maritime Arrival and Other Measure) Bill 2012

14/12/2012 - Exposure Draft of Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Bill 2012

26/11/2012 - Legal Services: Disaster preparedness

06/11/2012 - Draft Fifth Report by Australia on the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.

01/11/2012 - Closure of the Kalkaringi Court

29/10/2012 - Evidence (National Uniform Legislation) Consequential Amendments Bill and the Evidence (National Uniform Legislation) Act

22/10/2012 - Alice Springs Registry of the Family Law Courts

22/10/2012 - Family Law Service at North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA)

01/10/2012 - Child in Need of Protection: Draft Practice Direction 24 of 2012

28/09/2012 - Remote housing in the NT and access to legal services

26/09/2012 - Unit Titles (Schemes) Act proposed review

18/09/2012 - Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Enquiry into slavery, Slavery-like Conditions and People Trafficking

12/09/2012 - Law Council of Australia's response to Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers Recommendation

22/08/2012 - Delay in the passage of the Evidence (National Uniform Legislation) Consequential Amendments Bill and the Evidence (National Uniform Legislation) Act

19/07/2012 - Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers seeking legal advice service and guardianship of minors

05/07/2012 - Care and Protection of Children (Therapeutic Orders) Amendment Bill 2012 - Secure Care for Children

02/07/2012 - Review of Justice Legislation Amendment (Committals Reform) Act

22/06/2012 - Care and Protection of Children (Therapeutic Orders) Amendment Bill 2012

07/06/2012 - Australian Human Rights Commission Amendment (National Children's Commissioner) Bill 2012

17/05/2012 - Independent Legal Representation of Unaccompanied Minors

16/05/2012 - Legal Advice and Support Service for Asylum Seekers in the Northern Territory

16/05/2012 - Alcohol and Other Drugs Tribunal - Income Management

16/05/2012 - Implementation of orders within the new Correctional setting

14/05/2012 - National Anti-Racism Strategy

24/04/2012 - Business Tenancies (Fair Dealings) Act

14/04/2012 - Trial of Expanded Video-Link Mentions between Darwin Correctional Centre, Don Dale Detention Centre and Courts

13/04/2012 - Use of Aboriginal Interpreter Service

11/04/2012 - Care and Protection of Children Act

04/04/2012 - Care and Protection of Children (Therapeutic Orders) Amendment Bill (Secure Care Facilities for Children)

28/03/2012 - Optional Protocol to Convention against Torture

19/02/2012 - National Human Rights Action Plan

14/02/2012 - Draft Adult Decision-Making Bill

03/02/2012 - Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory and two related bills

19/01/2012 - Community Courts for Adult Offenders

13/01/2012 - Notification of Forthcoming Gazettal - Department of Health Supervision Directions Pursuant to Section 43ZA Criminal Code Amendments (Mental Impairment and Unfitness for Trial) Act

05/01/2012 - Effects of hearing impairment and cultural and linguistic barriers on engagement by Indigenous Australians with the criminal justice system

30/11/2011 - Alcohol Reform (Prevention of Alcohol-related Crime and Substance Misuse) Act 2011

28/11/2011 - The possible role of pro bono lawyers in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) process

23/11/2011 - Justice and other Legislation Amendment Bill (no2) of 2011

14/11/2011 - Champetry and Maintenance

10/11/2011 - Future COAG Regulatory Reform Agenda Stakeholder Consultation

31/10/2011 - Australian Solicitor Conduct Rules (ASCR)

05/10/2011 - National Legal Profession Reform (NLPR)

14/09/2011 - Northern Territory Sentencing Advisory Council

23/08/2011 - Legal Profession Regulations and CDP Requirements

23/08/2011 - Programs within the new Correctional setting

18/08/2011 - Northern Territory Jurisdictional Forum

09/08/2011 - Northern Territory Remote Tenancy Legal Advice Service

26/07/2011 - Northern Territory Youth Justice Review

17/07/2011 - Legal Representation in the Alcohol and Drugs Tribunal

30/06/2011 - Public Housing Safety Officers

04/05/2011 - Uniform Evidence Bill

28/03/2011 - Contract of Sale

25/03/2011 - Independent Child Representatives in Family Matters Court

24/01/2011 - National Legal Profession Reform

08/12/2010 - Child Protection Inquiry - submission following release of report

01/12/2010 - Northern Territory Legal Aid funding

23/11/2010 - SMART Court Bill and ParCSM Bill

22/11/2010 - Alcohol policy released

17/11/2010 - National Legal Profession Reform

10/11/2010 - National Legal Profession Reform

05/08/2010 - New Era Corrections and Programs

28/07/2010 - Matters relating to Department

21/07/2010 - CPD Requirements

26/06/2010 - Review of the Victims of Crime Assistance Act Issues paper

24/06/2010 - Income Management - policy guidelines for roll out of income management across the Northern Territory

09/05/2010 - Child Protection Inquiry - Amendments to the Care and Protection of Children Act

FAQ

Where is the members only section of the Society website?

Go to www.lawsocietynt.asn.au 

1. On the left is a menu, roll your mouse over the menu and highlight For the profession - this will generate a drop down menu
2. From the drop down menu select Membership and a further drop down list will appear
3. From the drop down menu select Members only and a further drop down list will appear
4. From the drop down menu select Members login

Once you have logged in you can go to the other parts of the members only section including AGM documents.

How do I access the Members only section?

You need to register on the website. Follow steps 1-3 above and from the drop down menu select register.

From there follow the prompts. You will receive an email advising you of your account details. Your membership will need to be confirmed by the administrator. This can only occur in office hours and may take 24 hours to process. You may then use your login.

What is my membership login and password?

When you register on the website an email is sent to you from This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; on behalf of Law Society NT. You could try searching in your inbox.

This email will record your account details including your username and password. Records of usernames and passwords are not held by the Society. If you are unable to locate these details you can register again.

I don't have a record of my username and/or password what do I do?

You need to register to use the members only section. If you go to the members only login page enter your name and leave the password field blank you will be re-directed to a page that advises of an error and at the bottom of the page will be forgotten password forgotten login register.

Another way is to go to follow steps 1-3 above and from the drop down menu select register.

From there follow the prompts. You will receive an email advising you of your account details. Your membership will need to be confirmed by the administrator. This can only occur in office hours and may take 24 hours to process. You may then go back and use your login.

What is my membership number?

Your membership number is contained in your practising certificate number. Your PC number is on the bottom right of your certificate. Ignore the letter prefix and the last two digits which should be 17 for the current year.

I have registered but my password isn't working

Please try again later. You will receive an email advising you of your account details but your account is not activated until your membership is confirmed by the administrator. This can only occur in office hours and may take 24 hours to process.You may then go back and use your login. If all else fails please contact the Society.

Page last updated 27 September 2017