Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) The Minister may, by public notice, if satisfied that the prohibition or requirement is necessary for the protection from bushfire of land within a fire protection zone, prohibit or require the doing of an act on the land, and within the period, as specified in the notice .
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a notice under that subsection may:
(a) require the owner or occupier of land within a fire protection zone to establish a firebreak on the land of a kind specified in the notice; and
(b) provide that the owner or occupier of land must obtain the approval of Bushfires NT for any firebreak established on the land under the notice.
(3) A notice under subsection (1) does not affect the requirement to obtain a permit for the lighting of a fire in order to create, by burning, a firebreak required by the notice.
(4) A person commits an offence if:
(a) a notice has been issued under subsection (1); and
(b) the person intentionally engages in conduct; and
(c) the conduct results in a contravention of the notice and the person is reckless in relation to the result.
Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
(5) Strict liability applies to subsection (4)(a).