Northern Territory Consolidated RegulationsA person shall not touch, use, remove, mark, damage or otherwise interfere with a garbage receptacle on premises or a footpath unless the person is:
(a) the occupier of the premises for which the garbage receptacle is provided, or that peron's servant or agent;
(b) a servant or agent of the council acting within the scope of that person's duties; or
(c) a garbage contractor of the council or a servant or agent of such a garbage contractor acting in the due performance of the contract.