Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A Local Court in existence immediately before the commencement of this Act shall continue as if it were the Court established by this Act and all proceedings already commenced in that Court shall be continued, heard and determined under this Act in accordance with this Act and the Rules and all judgments and orders of that Court shall continue in force as if they were judgments and orders of the Court established by this Act.
(2) All records of a Local Court in existence immediately before the commencement of this Act shall continue and be incorporated with, and shall be deemed to form part of, the records of the Court established by this Act.
(3) A reference to a Local Court in an Act, instrument of a legislative or administrative character or other document in force before the commencement of this Act shall be read as including a reference to the Court established by this Act.
(4) A reference to a Clerk of Court in an Act, instrument of a legislative or administrative character or other document in force before the commencement of this Act shall be read as including a reference to a Registrar, or to a Clerk of the Court of Summary Jurisdiction, as appropriate.