Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A police officer may detain and make arrangements for the disposal, destruction or decontamination of a thing seized in connection with a search under this Act, if he or she suspects on reasonable grounds that the thing:
(a) is a risk to public health or public safety, including because it has become contaminated as a consequence of a terrorist act or preparation for a terrorist act or an imminent terrorist act; or
(b) may significantly increase the risk to public health or public safety as a consequence of a terrorist act that has occurred or may significantly increase the risk to public health or public safety if an imminent terrorist act occurs.
(2) A power given by this section to detain a thing includes:
(a) a power to remove a thing from the place where it is found; and
(b) a power to guard the thing in or on the place where it is found.