Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts75. Prohibitions for restricted areas
(1) Subject to this Part, a person shall not:
(a) bring liquor into;
(b) have liquor in his possession or under his control within; or
(c) consume, sell or otherwise dispose of liquor within,
a general restricted area.
(1A) Subsection (1), other than paragraph (c) so far as it relates to the sale of liquor in a general restricted area, does not apply to liquor that is being or will be:
(a) brought into a general restricted area; and
(b) administered within a general restricted area,
for the purposes of worship associated with the celebration of the Holy Communion or any other religious service by a person approved by the Commission (for the purposes of paragraph (a) or (b) or of both (a) and (b)).
(1B) A person is guilty of an offence if the person consumes liquor within a public restricted area.
Maximum penalty for an offence against subsection (1B): $500.
(1C) Subsection (1B) does not apply if the liquor is consumed:
(a) in accordance with a permit granted under section 89A; or
(b) for the purposes of worship associated with the celebration of the Holy Communion.
(2) In any proceeding for an offence against this section, a certificate, purporting to be signed by a person who claims in the certificate to be the Director or a Deputy Director, stating that a place was or was not, at a specified time, within a restricted area is evidence of the facts stated.