Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) An employer has a duty to take all reasonably practicable measures to ensure that the workplace, and the means of entering and leaving it, are safe.
(2) The duty extends, to the extent that may be appropriate in the circumstances, to:
(a) an owner or occupier of the workplace; and
(b) a person who designs, constructs, manufactures, imports, installs or supplies a workplace or any part or component of a workplace.
(3) An employer or other person who fails to comply with a duty under this section is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: 1 000 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.