Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts34. Offence to cause damage to Port
(1) Subject to subsection (4), a person who -
(a) puts an undesirable substance into or on a part of the Port; or
(b) allows an undesirable substance to fall or flow into or on the Port,
is guilty of an offence.
Penalty: If the offender is a natural person - 100 penalty units and 1 penalty unit for each day the offence continues.
If the offender is a body corporate - 500 penalty units and 5 penalty units for each day the offence continues.
(2) Subject to subsection (4), where an undesirable substance is put, falls or flows into or on a part of the Port from a vessel, a place or apparatus used for transferring an undesirable substance from or to a vessel (whether to or from a place or to or from another vessel) and the undesirable substance is put, falls or flows into or on the Port from -
(a) a vessel - the owner and the master of the vessel are each;
(b) a place - the occupier of the place is; or
(c) an apparatus - the person in charge of the apparatus is,
guilty of an offence.
Penalty: If the offender is a natural person - 100 penalty units and 1 penalty unit for each day the offence continues.
If the offender is a body corporate - 500 penalty units and 5 penalty units for each day the offence continues.
(3) For the purposes of this section and sections 35 and 36 "occupier" means -
(a) the person exercising by his or her servants or agents or otherwise a right of occupation of a place; or
(b) where the place has no occupier, the owner of the place but, if the place is a vehicle, does not include the occupier of the land on or over which the vehicle stands or moves.
(4) This section does not apply to or in relation to anything done by or with the consent of the Port Corporation in the proper management, improvement or use of the Port.