ALCOHOL HARM REDUCTION REGULATIONS 2017
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
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NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
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As in force at 29 June 2026
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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
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(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.
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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)
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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
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