Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations(1) The owner of a registered dog who permits the dog to be at large without an identification device commits an offence.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) An offence against clause (1) is an offence of strict liability.
(3) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against clause (1) if the defendant proves that the identification device was removed:
(a) without the owner's permission and the owner had not had sufficient opportunity to replace the identification device; or
(b) for a reasonable cause and the cause was still existent at the date of the alleged offence.