Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
"Crown land" means all Crown land, including reserved or dedicated land, other than Crown land which has been leased or is occupied under a licence or an agreement.
"occupier", in relation to a place, means:
(a) where the place is Crown land or land occupied by the Territory or the Commonwealth or a statutory corporation – a person in charge of the land; and
(b) where the place is other than Crown land or land occupied by the Territory or the Commonwealth or a statutory corporation – a person in lawful occupation of the place,
and includes an employee or other person acting under the authority of a person in charge under paragraph (a) or in lawful occupation under paragraph (b);
"place" includes premises and land (including prohibited land and Crown land).
"premises" means:
(a) a building or structure whether permanent or temporary and whether fixed or capable of being moved;
(b) a dwelling-place;
(c) any part of a yard, garden or area (whether enclosed or not); or
(d) a vehicle (including a caravan), vessel, aircraft or hovercraft.
"prohibited land" means:
(a) Crown land;
(b) land occupied by the Territory or the Commonwealth; or
(c) land occupied by a statutory corporation,
upon which is posted a notice in English to the effect that trespassing on the land is prohibited.
(2) Where no person is the occupier of any place, the owner of that place shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be the occupier.