Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) is in control of a seized thing; and
(b) is required by an inspector to do something under section 249 (1)(d); and
(c) fails to comply with the inspector's requirements.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.
(2) An offence against subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.
(3) A person commits an offence if:
(a) an inspector restricts access to a seized thing; and
(b) the person intentionally tampers or interferes with:
(i) the thing; or
(ii) something restricting access to the thing; and
(c) the person does not have an inspector's approval to engage in that conduct.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.
(4) Strict liability applies to subsection (3)(a) and (c).
(5) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person intentionally tampers or interferes with a thing; and
(b) that conduct obstructs an analysis of the thing under this Act.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.
(6) Strict liability applies to subsection (5)(b).