Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Chief Health Officer may exempt:
(a) by written notice given to a person – the person or the business the person is carrying on; or
(b) by notice in the Gazette – a class of persons or businesses,
from the application of this Act, the Regulations or a specified provision of this Act or the Regulations.
(2) The Chief Health Officer must not exempt a person or class of persons from the application of the provisions of Part 3 or 5.
(3) An exemption may be subject to the conditions (including the payment of a fee) the Chief Health Officer considers appropriate and specifies in the notice.
(4) A person must comply with the conditions of an exemption.
Maximum penalty for an offence against subsection (4): If the offender is a natural person – 500 penalty units.
If the offender is a body corporate – 2 500 penalty units.