Northern Territory Numbered Acts

RACING AND WAGERING ACT 2024 (NO 8 OF 2024) - SECT 38

    (1)     A person commits an offence if the person:

    (a)     ceases to be an inspector; and

    (b)     fails to return the person's identity card to the Director within 21 days after the cessation.

Maximum penalty:     50 penalty units.

    (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 has a reasonable excuse.

Note for subsection (3)

The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to this defence (see section 43BU of the Criminal Code).