Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered ActsAfter section 60A
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In this Division:
"prohibited person" means a person who:
(a) is prohibited from applying for any licence under this Act or a law of a State or another Territory; or
(b) is not entitled to be granted any licence under this Act, for a reason other than that the person is not a resident, or about to become a resident, of the Territory.
A person must not carry on business as a paintball operator without a paintball operator licence or permit.
Maximum penalty: 400 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
(1) If a change occurs in the close associates of the holder of a paintball operator licence or permit, the holder must give the Commissioner, within 7 days after becoming aware of the change, written notice in the approved form.
Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months.
(2) The Commissioner may, by written notice, require the holder of a paintball operator licence or permit to give the Commissioner, within a specified time, a declaration containing specified information about:
(a) the representative for the licence or permit; or
(b) the close associates of the holder; or
(c) the operator's paintball operator employees.
(3) The person must comply with the notice unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months.
(4) If a person ceases employment as a paintball operator employee with the holder of a paintball operator licence or permit, the holder must, within 7 days after the person ceases employment, give the Commissioner written notice in the approved form.
Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months.
(1) The holder of a paintball operator licence or permit must:
(a) keep the paintball player declaration made by each person who plays paintball at the operator's approved paintball range for 2 years after it is made; and
(b) keep other records in accordance with the conditions of the licence or permit.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) A police officer or approved person may ask the holder of a paintball operator licence or permit, the representative for the licence or permit or an employee of the holder to produce the paintball player declarations or other records kept by the operator.
(3) The person must comply with the request unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
(4) On production of a declaration or record, the police officer or approved person may:
(a) examine it; and
(b) make copies of, or take extracts from, it.
(5) The holder of a paintball operator licence or permit must give the Commissioner, within 3 months after the end of each financial year, an annual report in the approved form.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.
(1) This section applies if the holder of a paintball operator licence or permit does any of the following things:
(a) employs a prohibited person in the business authorised by the licence or permit;
(b) allows a prohibited person to act as an agent for, or participate in the management of, the business.
(2) The holder and the prohibited person are each guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: 400 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
(3) It is a defence to a prosecution of the holder of the licence or permit for an offence against subsection (2) if the holder proves the holder did not know, and could not reasonably have been expected to know, the person was a prohibited person.
(1) A police officer or approved person may ask the holder of a paintball operator licence or permit, the representative for the licence or permit or an employee of the holder to produce a paintball firearm in the holder's possession.
(2) The person must comply with the request unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
(3) On production of a firearm, the police officer or approved person may inspect and test it.
The holder of a paintball operator licence or permit must not allow a person to possess or use a paintball firearm registered in the holder's name except at the holder's approved paintball range.
Maximum penalty: 400 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
The holder of a paintball operator licence or permit must not allow a person the holder knows to be under the age of 18 to possess or use a paintball firearm to play paintball at the holder's approved paintball range.
Maximum penalty: 400 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
(1) The holder of a paintball operator licence or permit must not allow a person to possess or use a paintball firearm to play paintball at the holder's approved paintball range unless the person, before starting to play:
(a) makes a declaration in the approved form (a "paintball player declaration"); and
(b) gives the declaration and photographic identification to a paintball employee working at the range.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
(2) Before allowing the person to play paintball, the paintball employee must:
(a) inspect the person's photographic identification; and
(b) endorse on the person's paintball player declaration that the employee is satisfied the person appears to be the person shown in the identification.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.
(1) The holder of a paintball operator licence or permit must not allow a prohibited person to possess or use a paintball firearm to play paintball at the holder's approved paintball range.
Maximum penalty: 400 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) if the holder proves the holder did not know, and could not reasonably have been expected to know, the person was a prohibited person.
(3) A prohibited person must not play paintball.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.