Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts66. Prohibition of unlicensed recharge
(1) A person shall not, unless authorised by or under this Act to do so, cause, suffer or permit works to be constructed, operated or altered for the purpose of increasing the water contained in an aquifer, except in accordance with a licence under this Division.
Penalty: $2,000.
Default penalty: $200.
(2) In proceedings for an offence against subsection (1), proof of the existence on land of a means whereby the water contained in an aquifer is capable of being increased is prima facie evidence that the water contained in an aquifer was increased in contravention of that subsection at the time those means are proved to have existed.