Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to this Part, if a Territory worker suffers an injury within or outside the Territory and that injury results in or materially contributes to his or her:
(a) death;
(b) impairment; or
(c) incapacity,
there is payable by his or her employer to the worker or the worker's dependants, in accordance with this Part, such compensation as is prescribed.
(2) Compensation under this Act is payable only in respect of employment that is connected with the Territory.
(3) The fact that a worker is outside the Territory when the worker suffers an injury does not prevent compensation being payable under this Act in respect of employment that is connected with the Territory.
(4) Compensation under this Act does not apply in respect of the employment of a worker on a ship if the Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992 (Cth) applies to the worker's employment.