Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A person who:
(a) except in accordance with a permit, drops, discards, throws down or otherwise disposes of any burning article or substance (or anything otherwise capable of causing fire):
(i) thereby causing a fire; or
(ii) in such circumstances as to be likely to cause a fire; or
(b) destroys, damages, removes, covers or otherwise interferes with a notice relating to the lighting of fires displayed by the Commissioner or by a member for the purposes of this Act; or
(c) obstructs or interferes with a member acting in the performance of a duty or the exercise of a power under this Act; or
(d) drives a vehicle over a fire hose; or
(e) drives a vehicle so near a fire or other emergency or equipment in use at a fire or other emergency as to interfere with the operation of a member, or the equipment; or
(f) destroys, damages or interferes with:
(i) equipment used by a member to extinguish a fire or deal with an emergency; or
(ii) a building used by a fire and emergency response group, being the property of the Territory; or
(g) covers up, damages, encloses, conceals or interferes with a fire hydrant, fire extinguisher, hose reel or other fire fighting equipment; or
(h) covers up, damages, conceals, obliterates or removes a mark, sign or letter indicating the position of or distinguishing a fire hydrant; or
(j) tampers with a fire alarm or signalling apparatus for giving notice of fire; or
(k) gives a false alarm of a fire or other emergency;
is guilty of an offence.
(2) A person who stores or deposits flammable or combustible material of such a nature and in such a manner, position or quantity that it is or may become a direct or an indirect danger to life or property is guilty of an offence.