Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts62. Prohibition of unlicensed waste disposal
(1) A person shall not, unless authorised by or under this Act to do so, wilfully cause waste to be disposed of underground by means of a bore causing serious environmental harm.
(1A) An offence against subsection (1) is an environmental offence level 1.
(1B) A person shall not, unless authorised by or under this Act to do so, cause waste to be disposed of underground by means of a bore causing serious environmental harm.
(1C) An offence against subsection (1B) is an environmental offence level 2.
(1D) A person shall not, unless authorised by or under this Act to do so, cause waste to be disposed of underground by means of a bore causing material environmental harm.
(1E) An offence against subsection (1D) is an environmental offence level 3.
(1F) A person shall not, unless authorised by or under this Act to do so, cause waste to be disposed of underground by means of a bore.
(1G) An offence against subsection (1F) is an environmental offence level 4.
(2) In proceedings for an offence against this section, proof of the existence on land of a means whereby waste is capable of being disposed of underground by means of a bore is prima facie evidence that waste was disposed of underground by means of a bore in contravention of this section at the time those means are proved to have existed.
Default penalty: $500 or, in the case of a body corporate, $2,500.