Services provided by the department include - Anti-Discrimination Commission, Community Justice Centre, Consumer Affairs, Correctional Services / Prisons, Courts Administration, Legal Services including Law Making & Law Reform, Licensing, Regulation and Alcohol Strategy, Office of Crime Prevention, Public Trustee, Public Prosecutions, Registrar-General - including Births, Deaths and Marriages, the Land Titles Office and WorkSafe.
Building Advisory Services Branch administers the Building Act 1993 and associated Building Regulations to ensure that structures within proclaimed building areas of the Northern Territory achieve minimum structural, fire, safety, health and amenity standards as defined in the following: Building Code of Australia 2004; National Plumbing Code (AS3500); and Code of practice for small on-site sewage and sullage treatment systems and the disposal or reuse of sewage effluent.
Building Advisory Services Branch administers the Building Act 1993 and associated Building Regulations to ensure that structures within proclaimed building areas of the Northern Territory achieve minimum structural, fire, safety, health and amenity standards as defined in the following: Building Code of Australia 2004; National Plumbing Code (AS3500); and Code of practice for small on-site sewage and sullage treatment systems and the disposal or reuse of sewage effluent.
Consumer Affairs is a part of the Department of Justice, and aims to promote and regulate responsible business conduct through administration of a regulatory system that protects consumer interests.
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