Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if an authorised officer believes on reasonable grounds that a road vehicle to which this Division applies is:
(a) seriously endangering public safety, the environment or any rail or road infrastructure; or
(b) causing or likely to cause an obstruction to traffic or any event lawfully authorised to be held on a road; or
(c) obstructing or hindering, or likely to obstruct or hinder, one or more vehicles from entering or leaving land adjacent to a road.
(2) The officer may direct the driver of the vehicle, or a person who is apparently in charge of the vehicle, to do one or both of the following:
(a) to move the vehicle, or cause it to be moved, to the extent to which it is necessary to avoid the danger, obstruction or hindrance;
(b) to do anything else reasonably required by the officer, or to cause anything else reasonably required by the officer to be done, to avoid the danger, obstruction or hindrance.
(3) A person given a direction under subsection (2) must comply with the direction.
Maximum penalty: 60 penalty units.
(4) An offence against subsection (3) is an offence of strict liability.
(5) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (3) if the defendant establishes a reasonable excuse.