Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A person shall not leave a fire in the open which he has lit or used unless he has thoroughly extinguished it.
Penalty: $25 000 or imprisonment for 5 years.
(2) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) that the defendant had, before leaving the fire, arranged with a responsible person who also used the fire to remain at the place where the fire is and not leave it unless that person has:
(a) thoroughly extinguished the fire; or
(b) made a similar arrangement with another responsible person who used the fire.