Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A corporation must not represent or advertise it is an incorporated legal practice unless it has given notice under section 122.
Maximum penalty: 2 500 penalty units.
(2) An offence against subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.
(3) A person is guilty of an offence if:
(a) the person is a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation; and
(b) the person represents or advertises that the corporation is an incorporated legal practice; and
(c) the corporation has not given notice under section 122.
Maximum penalty: 500 penalty units.
(4) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (3) if the person has a reasonable excuse.
(5) A reference in this section to:
(a) a corporation representing or advertising that the corporation is an incorporated legal practice; or
(b) a person representing or advertising that a corporation is an incorporated legal practice;
includes a reference to the corporation or person doing anything that specifies or implies that the corporation is entitled to engage in legal practice.