Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The Secretary may make such provision as he thinks fit for the transport, whether by ambulance or otherwise:
(a) of a person for whom the provision of a medical service is necessary; and
(b) of a person for whom a medical service has been provided.
(2) Where, following receipt of a report made by a salaried medical practitioner, the Secretary is of the opinion that it is necessary that a medical service be provided outside the Territory to a person, the Secretary may authorize:
(a) the transport of that person from a specified place in the Territory to a specified place outside the Territory for the purpose of his being provided with that medical service; and
(b) the return transport of that person after the medical service has been provided.
(3) Where the Secretary is of the opinion that it is necessary that a person for whom transport is provided under subsection (1) or whose transport has been authorized under subsection (2) be under the care of an attendant, the Secretary may authorize the transport, including the return transport, of the attendant at the expense of the Territory.
(4) Where transportation of a person is provided or authorized under this section, the Territory shall not be liable for an injury or aggravation of an injury to the person or his attendant directly attributable to the transportation, except where the attendant is an employee as defined in the Public Sector Employment and Management Act carrying out his duties in respect of his employment.
(5) Where the transport of a person or of a person and an attendant is provided or authorized under this section, and the medical service for which the transport is provided or authorized is a service for which the consent of the person or of a person authorized by law to give such a consent has been given, or an operation that may be performed under the Emergency Medical Operations Act , the transport so authorized shall be deemed to be part of the medical service.