Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) In exercising its powers and performing its functions under this Part, the NT EPA may:
(a) conduct the inquiries it considers appropriate; and
(b) ask a person with special knowledge or experience relevant to a particular inquiry to help it conduct the inquiry.
(2) For subsection (1)(a), the NT EPA may, by written notice, require a person to give it relevant information within the reasonable period stated in the notice.
(3) The person commits an offence if the person engages in conduct that results in the contravention of the notice.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
(4) An offence against subsection (3) is an offence of strict liability.
(5) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (3) if the defendant establishes a reasonable excuse.
(6) An individual is not excused from giving information under subsection (2) on the ground that the information may tend to incriminate the individual or expose the individual to a penalty.
(7) However, information provided by an individual is not admissible as evidence against the individual in civil or criminal proceedings other than proceedings arising out of the false or misleading nature of the information.