Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The following persons are security officers for the purpose of this Act:
(a) a member of the Police Force;
(b) a sheriff, or an officer of the sheriff, within the meaning of the Sheriff Act ;
(c) a person appointed under subsection (2).
(2) The Chief Executive Officer may, in writing, appoint a person to be a security officer.
(3) A person is not to be appointed a security officer unless:
(a) he or she is an employee within the meaning of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act ; or
(b) he or she holds a crowd controller's licence within the meaning of the Private Security Act (not being a crowd controller's transitional licence or a crowd controller's provisional licence within the meaning of that Act) .
(4) The instrument appointing a security officer is to specify his or her employer, if any.
(5) A person may be appointed a security officer under subsection (2) in relation to all courts, or a particular court, as is specified in the instrument appointing the person.