Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) An Assembly member in his or her capacity as any of the following is a public authority :
(a) an Assembly member;
(b) the holder or occupier of any of the following offices:
(i) a Minister;
(ii) the Speaker;
(iii) the Leader of the Opposition;
(iv) any other office of the Legislative Assembly.
(2) In addition, each of the following is a public authority :
(a) the holder or occupier of an office established by or under a law of the Territory;
(b) a person appointed or engaged to perform work for a public authority;
(c) an Agency;
(d) a body (whether incorporated or not) established by or under a law of the Territory;
(e) a body corporate to which one or both of the following apply:
(i) the capital of the body corporate is owned by one or more public authorities;
(ii) one or more public authorities have a total of more than one-half of the voting power in the management of the body corporate;
(f) a body corporate that is a subsidiary of a public authority (whether or not through any interposed entity).
(3) However, each of the following is not a public authority:
(a) the holder or occupier of:
(i) a judicial office; or
(ii) an office as a member of a tribunal under a law of the Territory; or
(iii) the office of Auditor-General;
(b) a council constituted for a local government area under the Local Government Act ;
(c) the Territory Insurance Office;
(d) the Power and Water Corporation;
(e) a person or body prescribed by regulation.
(4) In this section:
judicial office means:
(a) the office of Judge or magistrate; or
(b) another office or position under a law of the Territory that carries with it the power to act judicially.
Example for definition judicial office , paragraph (b)
Office of coroner under the Coroners Act.