Northern Territory Numbered Acts

RACING AND WAGERING ACT 2024 (NO 8 OF 2024) - SECT 70

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

    (a)     is a race control body, other than the Commission; and

    (b)     fails to give notice in accordance with section 69 .

Maximum penalty:     35 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).