Northern Territory Numbered Acts

ELECTRICAL SAFETY ACT 2022 (NO 3 OF 2022) - SECT 45

    (1)     A person commits a category 3 offence if:

    (a)     the person has an electrical duty; and

    (b)     the person fails to comply with that duty.

Maximum penalty:

    (a)     for an individual, other than as a person conducting a business or undertaking or as an officer of a person conducting a business or undertaking – 320 penalty units; or

    (b)     for an individual as a person conducting a business or undertaking or as an officer of a person conducting a business or undertaking – 650 penalty units; or

    (c)     for a body corporate – 3 200 penalty units.

    (2)     An offence against subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.

    (3)     The maximum penalty of 650 penalty units under subsection (1) for an officer only applies in relation to a duty imposed under sections  23 to  2022_19229.html#_Ref49506981">34 .