Laws and legislation

  • The Access and Privacy Office (APO) is responsible for administering the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (ATIPP). The APO accepts requests from…
  • The Legislation Division of the Department of Justice prepares the Annual Statutes of the Northwest Territories, which includes the full text of all Statutes enacted…
  • This page provides a listing of the certified bills of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories as they read and indicating their status as…
  • Selected decisions of the courts of the Northwest Territories are made available online by the court library. Copyright © 2000 M.M. de Weerdt Law Library,…
  • The Northwest Territories has five separate courts which operate independently from the federal and territorial governments, enabling judges to make fair decisions. The Court of…
  • The documents below provide plain language summaries of the Department of Justice’s proposed legislation that are currently before the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories.…
  • A complete alphabetical listing of the consolidated territorial Acts and associated regulations.
  • The M.M. deWeerdt Public Legal Resource Centre provides legal resource materials to judges, lawyers and the public. The Centre maintains a collection of legal information…
  • The Legislation Division of the Department of Justice prepares the Northwest Territories Gazette, which includes the full text of all regulations and orders, notices of…
  • This pages provides a listing of rules made by the Supreme Court, Territorial Court, and the Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories. Under the…
  • The Office of the Superintendent of Securities uses a system of regulatory instruments, local rules, and blanket orders to administer the requirements of securities law.…
A complete alphabetical listing of the consolidated territorial Acts and associated regulations.
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