Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A building management corporation may, by special resolution, in respect of its building development, make by-laws, not inconsistent with this or any other law of the Territory, relating to:
(a) the management, use and maintenance of the building development;
(aa) the health and safety of persons;
(b) the control of vehicles in areas that are not part of public roadways;
(c) the control of vessels;
(d) the control of wharfs and berths;
(e) the control of polluting substances and pollution control and clean-up;
(f) the imposition and collection of dues and other fees and charges incidental to the management, use and maintenance of the building development;
(g) noise and other nuisance control;
(h) the enforcement of the By-laws and prosecuting persons for offences against the By-laws;
(i) the duties of owners and occupiers of building lots; and
(j) any other matters that are necessary or convenient to be provided for by by-laws.
(2) By-laws relating to the further subdivision of a building lot under this Act cannot be inconsistent with the disclosure statement.
(3) The By-laws may prescribe penalties, not exceeding 100 penalty units, for a contravention of, or failure to comply with, the By-laws and, in addition, may prescribe a penalty, not exceeding one penalty unit, for each day during which the offence continues.
(4) A pecuniary penalty recovered on prosecution for an offence against the By-laws is payable to the building management corporation and may be recovered by it as a debt due to it.
(4A) Nothing in the By-laws limits or otherwise affects the operation of any other law of the Territory.
(5) Section 57 of the Interpretation Act 1978 does not apply to the By-laws.