Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) Subject to this Act, a person commits an offence if:
(a) the person intentionally uses a vessel, other than a foreign boat, for any purpose in relation to which a licence or permit is required under this Act; and
(b) the vessel is not registered and the person is reckless in relation to that circumstance.
Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) Subject to this Act, a person commits an offence if:
(a) the person intentionally uses a vessel for any purpose in relation to which a licence or permit is required under this Act; and
(b) the vessel is not registered and the person is reckless in relation to that circumstance; and
(c) the vessel is a foreign boat.
Maximum penalty: 500 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
(3) Strict liability applies to subsection (2)(c).
(4) The Director may, by Gazette notice, direct that subsection (1) or (2) does not apply to a vessel used for the purposes of a licence or permit of a type specified in the notice.
(5) A registered vessel is taken not to be registered during any period it, or a tender vessel that is not required under section 19(2) to be registered, is not marked in the manner prescribed by regulation.
(6) A registered vessel marked in the manner prescribed by regulation is exempt from any other requirement of a law of the Territory to mark the vessel.