Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) In a prosecution for an offence against this Act instituted by an officer, it is not necessary to prove the proclamation, reservation or dedication of the public place, or the alignments or measurements of a public place or vacant Crown land, in or on which the offence is alleged to have occurred.
(2) In a prosecution for an offence against this Act in relation to vacant Crown land, an allegation in the complaint instituting the proceeding that the land is vacant Crown land is prima facie evidence that there was apparently no person having the immediate care and control of the Crown land at the relevant time.