Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts54. Minimum non-parole period
(1) Subject to this section, where a court sentences an offender to be imprisoned for 12 months or longer that is not suspended in whole or in part, the court shall fix a period under section 53(1) of not less than 50% of the period of imprisonment that the offender is to serve under the sentence.
(2) Subsection (1) does not permit a court to fix a period under section 53(1) of less than 8 months.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply where the court under section 53(1) considers the fixing of a non-parole period is inappropriate.