Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts18. Power of Chief Health Officer in isolation area
(1) In relation to an isolation area, the Chief Health Officer may, by order -
(a) prohibit the movement of a person or persons who are members of a specified class of persons;
(b) prohibit the movement of goods;
(c) require a person or persons who are members of a specified class of persons to report at specified times and places and submit to medical examinations, to answer questions and to submit to such medical treatment as the Chief Health Officer thinks fit; and
(d) authorize the destruction, disposal or treatment of goods, a building, structure, water supply, drainage and sewerage system or other thing within the isolation area known or suspected to be infected or a source of infection.
(2) Action necessary to give effect to an order under subsection (1), may be taken by -
(a) a medical officer;
(b) a member of the Police Force; or
(c) an authorized person.