Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A person shall not in an advertisement or notice relating to the provision of veterinary services by the person, make a statement or representation that is false or misleading by reason of the inclusion of any false or misleading matter or the omission of a material matter.
Maximum penalty: 400 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) if the person proves that, at the time when the statement or representation was made, he or she believed on reasonable grounds that:
(a) the false matter was true or that it was not misleading; or
(b) no material matter had been omitted or the omitted matter was not material.