Northern Territory Numbered Acts

JUSTICE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (DRUG OFFENCES) ACT 2016 (NO 17 OF 2016) - SECT 6G

    (1)     A person who is an adult commits an offence if:

    (a)     the person intentionally manufactures, or takes part in the manufacture of, a substance or thing; and

    (b)     the substance or thing is a dangerous drug and the person is reckless in relation to that circumstance; and

    (c)     the manufacture occurs in the presence of a child and the person is reckless in relation to that circumstance; and

    (d)     a commercial or traffickable quantity of the dangerous drug is manufactured.

Maximum penalty:

    (a)     for the manufacture of a Schedule 1 drug – imprisonment for life; or

    (b)     for the manufacture of a Schedule 2 drug – imprisonment for 25 years.

    (2)     Absolute liability applies to subsection (1)(d).