Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts7. Savings
(1) Nothing in this Act prevents the artificial maintenance of the circulation or respiration of a dead person -
(a) for the purpose of maintaining bodily organs in a condition suitable for transplantation; or
(b) where the dead person was a pregnant woman - for the purpose of preserving the life of the foetus.
(2) Nothing in this Act authorizes an act that causes or accelerates death as distinct from an act that permits the dying process to take its natural course.