Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A person shall not:
(a) resist or obstruct, or incite or encourage another person or an animal to resist or obstruct, an inspector or person assisting an inspector in the exercise of a power under section 40; or
(b) use threatening language, or behave in a threatening manner, towards an inspector or person assisting an inspector while exercising such a power.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.
(2) A person who refuses or fails to comply with a requirement of an inspector or person assisting an inspector made in the exercise of a power under section 40, to the extent that he or she is capable of complying with the requirement, is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.
(3) A person is not excused from answering a question or giving an explanation required by an inspector or person assisting an inspector on the grounds that the answer or explanation might tend to incriminate him or her, but an answer or explanation so given is not admissible in criminal proceedings against the person other than proceedings for an offence against this Act.
(4) A person who:
(a) is required by an inspector or person assisting an inspector, in the exercise of a power under section 40, to answer a question or give an explanation; and
(b) gives an answer or explanation that is false or misleading in a material particular,
is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.