Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts29AW. Protection from liability
(1) A person is not civilly or criminally liable for an act done or omitted to be done by the person in good faith in the exercise of a power or performance of a function under this Part as any of the following:
(a) the Commissioner of Police;
(b) a police officer;
(c) a person assisting a police officer.
(2) Subsection (1) does not affect any liability the Territory would, apart from that subsection, have for the act or omission.
(3) In this section:
exercise , of a power, includes the purported exercise of the power.
performance , of a function, includes the purported performance of the function.