Supreme Court of the Northern Territory

1. Supreme Court of the Northern Territory1911–1927
2. Supreme Court of North Australia1927–1931
3. Supreme Court of the Northern Territory1931–1979

The Supreme Court of North Australia continued under this name on 12 June 1931, when the repeal of the Northern Australia Act 1926 reunited North Australia and Central Australia as the Northern Territory; the Supreme Court of Central Australia was abolished and its jurisdiction merged into this court.

Legislation: Northern Territory Supreme Court Act 1961 (from 1961)

1. 1961The Commonwealth's Northern Territory Supreme Court Act 1961 put the court on a statutory footing in place of the territory ordinance under which it had been constituted.
2. 1 July 1978The Northern Territory attained self-government; the Supreme Court stayed a Commonwealth responsibility until 1979.

Became a court of the self-governing Northern Territory in 1979, when it was reconstituted under the territory's Supreme Court Act 1979 (assented to on 24 September 1979, its parts commencing on dates fixed by the Administrator) and the Commonwealth's Northern Territory Supreme Court Act 1961 was repealed; Sir William Forster became its first Chief Justice from 1 October 1979. The court continues under territory law; the exact date of the transfer is not confirmed.

• Superior civil and criminal jurisdiction in the Northern Territory
• Trial of serious criminal offences
• Appeals from courts of summary jurisdiction

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