Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated ActsThe object of this Part is to allow a person to be taken into custody and detained for a short period of time in order to:
(a) prevent a terrorist act occurring in the near future; or
(b) preserve evidence of, or relating to, a recent terrorist act.
Note for section 21
Section 21ZP provides that, while a person is being detained under a preventative detention order, the person may only be questioned for very limited purposes.