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ALCOHOL HARM REDUCTION REGULATIONS 2017

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NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA ALCOHOL HARM REDUCTION REGULATIONS 2017 As in force at 29 June 2026 Table of provisions 1 Citation ............................................................................................ 1 2 Commencement .............................................................................. 1 3 Person who may apply to BDR Registrar for making of BDO .......... 1 4 Prescribed provision ........................................................................ 2 ENDNOTES -- 1 of 6 -- -- 2 of 6 -- NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA ____________________ As in force at 29 June 2026 ____________________ ALCOHOL HARM REDUCTION REGULATIONS 2017 Regulations under the Alcohol Harm Reduction Act 2017 1 Citation These Regulations may be cited as the Alcohol Harm Reduction Regulations 2017. 2 Commencement These Regulations commence on the day on which they are notified in the Gazette. 3 Person who may apply to BDR Registrar for making of BDO (1) For section 18(1)(g) of the Act, the following persons are prescribed: (a) the Commissioner of Correctional Services; (c) a social worker who is eligible for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers Limited ACN 008 576 010; (d) a person at a sobering up shelter who manages the shelter; (e) a person appointed as an authorised officer under section 28Q of the Housing Act 1982; (f) a person who holds a current counsellor level 4 membership of the Australian Counselling Association Incorporated ABN 12 242 711 378; (g) a person: (i) who is employed by a member of AMSANT or who is a public sector employee employed in declared premises; and -- 3 of 6 -- Alcohol Harm Reduction Regulations 2017 2 (ii) whose primary role, within the scope of the person's employment, is to provide medical services to people of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander background. (2) In this regulation: AMSANT means the Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory Aboriginal Corporation ICN 8253. declared premises, see section 5 of the Medical Services Act 1982. medical services, see section 5 of the Medical Services Act 1982. sobering up shelter means a facility that provides supervised, non-custodial accommodation for adults affected by alcohol. 4 Prescribed provision (1) For section 4 of the Act, definition alcohol-related infringement notice, paragraph (d), section 170B(1) of the Liquor Act 2019 is prescribed. (2) This regulation is repealed immediately after the repeal of section 170B of the Liquor Act 2019 by section 170D of that Act. -- 4 of 6 -- ENDNOTES Alcohol Harm Reduction Regulations 2017 3 ENDNOTES 1 KEY Key to abbreviations amd = amended od = order app = appendix om = omitted bl = by-law pt = Part ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule cl = clause rem = remainder div = Division renum = renumbered exp = expires/expired rep = repealed f = forms s = section Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation lt = long title sub = substituted nc = not commenced 2 GENERAL AMENDMENTS General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22, 2018) to: r 1. 3 LIST OF LEGISLATION Alcohol Harm Reduction Regulations (SL No. 40, 2017) Notified 29 November 2017 Commenced 29 November 2017 Health Practitioner Regulation (National Uniform Legislation) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 28, 2018) Assent date 30 November 2018 Commenced 1 December 2018 (s 2) Alcohol Harm Reduction Amendment Regulations 2019 (SL No. 3, 2019) Notified 10 April 2019 Commenced 10 April 2019 Liquor Legislation Further Amendment Act 2024 (Act No. 19, 2024) Assent date 1 November 2024 Commenced 2 November 2024 (s 2) Housing, Transport and Surveillance Devices Legislation Amendment (Police Public Safety Officers) Act 2025 (Act No. 36, 2025) Assent date 5 December 2025 Commenced pts 1 and 5: 27 February 2026 (Gaz S13, 26 February 2026); rem: 29 June 2026 (Gaz G12, 18 June 2026, p 1) -- 5 of 6 -- ENDNOTES Alcohol Harm Reduction Regulations 2017 4 Alcohol Harm Reduction Amendment Regulations 2026 (SL No. 4, 2026) Date Made 12 March 2026 Commenced pts 1 and 2: 13 March 2026; rem: 29 June 2026 (r 2(2), s 2(1) Housing, Transport and Surveillance Devices Legislation Amendment (Police Public Safety Officers) Act 2025 (Act No. 36, 2025) and Gaz G12, 18 June 2026, p 1) 3 LIST OF AMENDMENTS r 3 amd Act No. 28, 2018, s 25; No. 3, 2019, r 4; Act No. 36, 2025, s 41; No. 4, 2026, rr 4 and 5 r 4 ins Act No. 19, 2024, s 11 -- 6 of 6 --