Cars and driving
This page has links to websites, fact sheets, guides, and videos that explain the law about cars and driving in the Northern Territory. You can request a copy of these by calling 1800 019 343 or filling in a publications order form.
For more information or legal advice, call the Legal Aid Helpline on 1800 019 343.
Websites
LawInfoNT
LawInfoNT is a website with plain language information about the law. You can read, watch, listen to, or look at information; get information in different languages; and find a legal service near you.
Click here for information about cars and driving (this link will open a new website).
The NT Law Handbook
The NT Law Handbook is a practical guide to legal issues that affect people living in the Northern Territory. It includes information on the legal system, marriage, children, credit and debt, criminal proceedings, discrimination, young people, social security, health, and much more.
Click here to access the NT Law Handbook (this link will open a new website)
Guides
Drink driving
A guide to representing yourself when you are pleading guilty at the local court for a drink driving offence. Click here to read Drink driving.
Going to court
A guide to criminal matters in the local court. Please note: some information in this guide has changed since its publication. For more information, please contact the Legal Aid Helpline on 1800 019 343. Click here to download Going to court (.pdf 1mb).
Films
What’s the law? Car accidents (2:34)
What’s the law? Buying a car (4:22)
