Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts22. Recovery of possession of premises prohibited except by order
(1) A person shall not, except in accordance with a judgment, warrant or order of a court, enter residential premises occupied by a resident of a retirement village under a residence contract for the purpose of recovering possession of the premises.
Penalty: $20,000.
(2) This section applies to a person who enters residential premises, whether on his or her own behalf or on behalf of another person.
(3) A court before which proceedings for an offence under this section are brought may (in addition to any other penalty) order the person who committed the offence or any person on whose behalf that person acted to pay to the person entitled to occupy the premises concerned such compensation as it thinks fit.