Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts33. Offences relating to heritage places or objects
A person shall not, except as prescribed or in accordance with a conservation management plan:
(a) carry out work of any sort on, or damage, demolish, destroy, desecrate or alter, a heritage place or heritage object;
(b) remove from a heritage place a heritage object or an object associated with the place declared under section 26(1)(a) to be part of the Northern Territory heritage; or
(c) remove a heritage object from the Territory,
without the consent in writing of the Minister or the Minister's delegate under section 39K.
Penalty: In the case of an individual - $10,000 or imprisonment for 12 months.
Default penalty: $1,000.
In the case of a body corporate - $200,000.
Default penalty: $20,000.