Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) The port operator of a designated port may, by written notice published on the port operator's website or given to the master of a vessel, give directions for regulating any of the following:
(a) the time at which, and the manner (including the taking on board of a licensed pilot) in which, a vessel must enter into, depart from or lie in the port;
(b) the manner and position in which, and the times at which, within the port:
(i) cargo may be loaded on or unloaded from a vessel; or
(ii) ballast, water or fuel may be taken in or delivered from a vessel; or
(iii) passengers may embark or disembark a vessel;
(c) the positioning, mooring, unmooring, placing or anchoring of a vessel and the removing of a vessel from one place to another within the port.
(2) The master of a vessel within the designated port commits an offence if:
(a) a direction has been published or given under subsection (1); and
(b) the master fails to comply with the direction.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.
(3) An offence against subsection (2) is an offence of strict liability.
(4) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (2) if the defendant has a reasonable excuse.