Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered ActsIn this Part:
"claim" means a claim for compensation or damages under an Act or other law for a personal injury;
"employment" includes self-employment;
"hospital" includes a nursing home, community health facility, medical centre, physiotherapist's rooms, dentist's surgery, hostel and any other premises occupied or used in relation to:
(a) receiving, examining, caring for or treating a person who is injured, sick or mentally ill; or
(b) providing a service for maintaining, improving or restoring a person's health and wellbeing;
"incident" includes an accident, circumstance, act or omission;
"newspaper" includes a magazine, journal, periodical and directory;
"personal injury", see section 3 of the Personal Injuries (Liabilities and Damages) Act ;
"potential claimant" means:
(a) a person who may be entitled to make a claim because the person suffers or may suffer a personal injury arising out of an incident; or
(b) another person who has or may be entitled to make a claim in relation to a person mentioned in paragraph (a);
"reward" includes:
(a) a bonus, commission, cash payment, deduction, discount, rebate, remission or other valuable consideration; and
(b) employment, or an agreement to employ, in any capacity.