Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts78B. Aggravated property offences
(1) A court that finds a person guilty of an aggravated property offence must take into account the purpose of this Division before sentencing the person in relation to the offence.
(2) A court that records a conviction against an offender found guilty of an aggravated property offence must:
(a) order the offender to serve a term of imprisonment; or
(b) order the offender to participate in an approved project under a community work order,
unless there are exceptional circumstances in relation to the offence or the offender.
(3) A court that orders an offender to serve a term of imprisonment in accordance with subsection (2)(a) may only wholly suspend the sentence on the offender entering into a home detention order.
(4) Nothing in subsection (2) is to be taken to affect the power of a court to make any other order authorised by or under this or any other Act in addition to an order made in accordance with the subsection.