Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A security officer may require a person who is entering or who is on court premises to submit himself or herself and any object in the possession of the person to a screening search.
(2) Where a security officer believes, on reasonable grounds, that it is necessary to do so in the interests of security, he or she may require a person who is entering or who is on court premises:
(a) to submit to a frisk search or to remove a jacket or coat and submit to a frisk search; and
(b) to open and empty out the person's pockets, to open or empty a container, briefcase, bag, box, carton or other receptacle in the possession of the person or otherwise to permit the security officer to search an object in the possession of the person.
(3) A frisk search may only be performed by:
(a) a security officer of the same sex as the person being searched; or
(b) where a security officer of the same sex as the person being searched is not available to perform the search – by any other person of the same sex who agrees to a request by a security officer to perform the frisk search.
(4) A person of whom a requirement is made under subsection (1) or (2) must, as soon as practicable after the requirement is made:
(a) comply with the requirement; or
(b) leave the court premises.
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units.
(5) An action or proceeding, whether civil or criminal, is not to be commenced or lie against a person authorised for the purposes of subsection (3)(b) for or in respect of an act or thing done in good faith by the person performing a frisk search of the person in accordance with the request of a security officer.