Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person intentionally engages in prohibited conduct; and
(b) the prohibited conduct occurs in a safe access zone and the person is reckless in relation to that circumstance.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if:
(a) the person is a police officer acting in the duties of law enforcement and the conduct of the police officer is reasonable in the circumstances for the performance of those duties; or
(b) the person is employed at premises for performing terminations and the conduct of the employee is reasonable in the circumstances.
(3) For conduct mentioned in subsection (4), definition "prohibited conduct", paragraph (b), it is immaterial whether a person was entering or leaving, or attempting to enter or leave, premises for performing terminations for an offence to be committed.
(4) In this section:
"prohibited conduct" means:
(a) harassing, hindering, intimidating, interfering with, threatening or obstructing a person, including by recording the person by any means without the person's consent and without a reasonable excuse, that may result in deterring the person from:
(i) entering or leaving premises for performing terminations; or
(ii) performing, or receiving, a termination at premises for performing terminations; and
(b) an act that could be seen or heard by a person in the vicinity of premises for performing terminations, that may result in deterring the person or another person from:
(i) entering or leaving the premises; or
(ii) performing a termination, or receiving a termination at the premises.