Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) intentionally administers a substance to an animal; and
(b) knows the substance is poison.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if:
(a) the person is a veterinarian acting in the normal course of veterinary practice; or
(b) the person is a person, or within a class of persons, exempted by regulation; or
(c) the conduct or a circumstance of the offence is exempted by regulation.
Note for subsection (2)
The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned (see section 43BU of the Criminal Code).