Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) If:
(a) section 41 was not complied with in relation to an incorporated association to which this Division applies at any time during the 2 years immediately before the relevant day or the period between the incorporation of the association and the relevant day, whichever is the shorter; and
(b) the association was at a time during that period, or became at a later time, an incorporated association to which this Division applies;
an officer of the association who failed to take all reasonable steps to secure compliance by the association with that section throughout that period is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.
(2) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) if the defendant proves that he or she believed on reasonable grounds that a competent and reliable person was charged with the duty of seeing that the requirements of section 41 were complied with and was in a position to discharge that duty.