Northern Territory Numbered Acts

PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ACT 2011 (NO 7 OF 2011) - SECT 43

    (1)     A person must comply with a direction by the inquirer to do any of the following:

    (a)     attend at the inquiry;

    (b)     give oral or written evidence;

    (c)     produce a document or thing;

    (d)     take an oath or make an affirmation;

    (e)     answer a relevant question.

Maximum penalty:     50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.

    (2)     An offence against subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.

    (3)     It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) if the defendant establishes a reasonable excuse.