(1) The relevant Commonwealth laws apply as laws of the Territory in relation to an offence against the applied provisions as if those provisions were a law of the Commonwealth and not a law of the Territory.
(2) For a law of the Territory, an offence against the applied provisions––
(a) is taken to be an offence against the laws of the Commonwealth, in the same way as if those provisions were a law of the Commonwealth; and
(b) is taken not to be an offence against the laws of the Territory.
(3) Subsection (2) has effect for a law of the Territory other than as provided by a regulation made under this Act.