Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts44. Accelerated rent and liquidated damages prohibited
(1) A landlord must not enter into, or offer to enter into, a tenancy agreement a term of which is to the effect that, on breach by the tenant of a term of the agreement (including a term as to rent), the tenant is liable to pay:
(a) all or any part of the rent remaining payable under the agreement;
(b) rent of an increased amount;
(c) an amount by way of penalty that is not reasonably proportional to the actual loss that is suffered as a consequence of the breach; or
(d) an amount by way of liquidated damages that is not reasonably proportional to the actual loss that may be suffered as a consequence of the breach.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) A provision of a kind referred to in subsection (1) is void.
(3) This section does not apply in relation to an increase in the amount of rent payable by a tenant because of the cancellation or adjustment of a rent rebate.