Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person intentionally engages in any of the following conduct:
(i) abstracts or diverts electricity from an electricity network or other person;
(ii) interferes with a meter supplied by an electricity entity; and
(b) the person does not have approval of the electricity entity responsible for the electricity network or the other person to engage in that conduct.
Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) Strict liability applies to subsection (1)(b).
(3) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person is not an electricity entity; and
(b) the person possesses an electric line that is ready and able to convey an electricity supply beyond the boundaries of property occupied by the person; and
(c) the line is not authorised by regulation; and
(d) the person does not have the approval of the electricity entity responsible for the electricity network to engage in that conduct.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
(4) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person is not an electricity entity; and
(b) the person installs a line capable of conveying an electricity supply beyond the boundaries of property occupied by the person; and
(c) the line is not authorised by regulation; and
(d) the person does not have the approval of the electricity entity responsible for the electricity network to engage in that conduct.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.
(5) An offence against subsection (3) or (4) is an offence of strict liability.
(6) An electricity entity may recover compensation for the loss or damage it suffers from a person found guilty of an offence against subsection (1) or (4).
(7) The electricity entity may recover the compensation either:
(a) on application to a Court that finds a person guilty of an offence against subsection (1) or (4); or
(b) by action in NTCAT or a Court of competent jurisdiction.