Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This Act does not affect the application to Aboriginal land of a law of the Northern Territory to the extent that that law is capable of operating concurrently with this Act.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), this Act does not affect the application to Aboriginal land of a law of the Northern Territory that makes:
(a) an act or omission that is an offence against a provision of this Act; or
(b) a similar act or omission;
an offence against the law of the Northern Territory.
(3) Subsection (2) applies even if the law of the Northern Territory does any one or more of the following:
(a) provides for a penalty for the offence that differs from the penalty provided for in this Act;
(b) provides for a fault element in relation to the offence that differs from the fault elements applicable to the offence under this Act;
(c) provides for a defence in relation to the offence that
differs from the defences applicable to the offence under this Act.