Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

TERRORISM (EMERGENCY POWERS) ACT - SECT 19

    (1)     A police officer may, without a warrant, enter and search premises if:

        (a)     the police officer suspects on reasonable grounds that a person who is the target of an authorisation:

            (i)     may be on the premises; or

            (ii)     is an occupant of the premises; or

            (iii)     is an owner, or is concerned in the management or control of the premises; or

        (b)     the police officer suspects on reasonable grounds that a vehicle that is the target of an authorisation may be on the premises; or

        (c)     the premises are in an area that is the target of an authorisation.

    (2)     A police officer may detain a person who is on premises entered under subsection (1) for as long as is reasonably necessary to conduct a search of the premises.