Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts12. Medical treatment for child taken into custody
Where a person taking a child into custody under section 11(1) believes, on reasonable grounds, that the child is urgently in need of medical treatment, the person shall take such steps as are reasonably necessary to ensure that the child receives the medical treatment and, for that purpose, may give his or her consent for the carrying out of a medical procedure on the child, and that consent shall, for all purposes, be sufficient consent for the carrying out of the medical procedure or treatment.