Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The Director, a fire investigator, a member or an authorised person may exercise any of the following powers:
(a) cause the debris of a fire and land or a building, vehicle or vessel where a fire has occurred to be searched;
(b) remove and keep possession of any material which, in his or her opinion, may tend to prove the origin of the fire.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the Director, a fire investigator, a member or an authorised person may exercise any of the following powers:
(a) enter land, a building, vehicle or vessel and take possession of the land, building, vehicle or vessel or anything on the land or in the building, vehicle or vessel, where a fire or other emergency has occurred;
(b) retain possession of the land, building, vehicle or vessel and of anything in or on it:
(i) until an inquest under the Coroners Act into the fire or other emergency has been held; or
(ii) if no inquest is held, for a reasonable time;
(c) prevent a person from entering the land, building, vehicle or vessel;
(d) remove a person from the land, building, vehicle or vessel;
(e) prevent a person from removing anything from the land, building, vehicle or vessel.