Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts90. Calling in submittable publications for classification
(1) If:
(a) the National Director has reasonable grounds to believe that a publication is a submittable publication; and
(b) the publication is being published in the Territory, or the National Director has reasonable grounds to believe that it will be published in the Territory,
the National Director may, by notice in writing given to the publisher of the publication, require the publisher to submit an application for classification of the publication, or of subsequent issues of the publication, by the National Board.
(2) The National Director shall cause notice of a decision under subsection (1) to be published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette .
(3) A person to whom a notice under this section is given shall, within 3 business days after receiving the notice, comply with the notice.
Fault element: Strict liability offence.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.
(4) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (3) to prove that the defendant did not intend:
(a) to publish the publication in the Territory; or
(b) to cause, authorise, permit or license the publication to be published in the Territory.