Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1A) It is a defence to a charge of committing an offence against section 5 if the defendant proves that the trespass was a result of an honest and reasonable mistake of fact.
(1) It is a defence to a charge of committing an offence against section 6 if the defendant proves that:
(a) the defendant did not see and could not reasonably be assumed to have seen the notice posted on the land; or
(b) the trespass was not wilful and was done while hunting or in the pursuit of game.
(2) It is a defence to a charge of committing an offence against section 5 or 7 if the defendant proves that it was necessary to remain in or on the place concerned or to return to that place for the defendant's own protection or the protection of some other person, or because of some emergency involving the defendant's property or the property of some other person.
(3) It is a defence to a charge of committing an offence against section 8 if the defendant proves that:
(a) the person by whom or on whose behalf the warning concerned was given is no longer an occupier of the place concerned; or
(b) it was necessary for the defendant to commit the trespass for the defendant's own protection or for the protection of some other person, or because of some emergency involving the defendant's property or the property of some other person.