Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A police officer may seize and detain all or part of a thing, found in connection with a search under this Act, that the police officer suspects on reasonable grounds:
(a) may have been used, or is or was reasonably likely to be, or to have been intended to be, used to commit a terrorist act;
(b) may provide evidence of the commission of an indictable offence (whether or not related to a terrorist act); or
(c) may significantly increase the risk to public health or public safety as a consequence of a terrorist act 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 seize and detain a thing includes:
(a) a power to remove the thing from the place where it is found; and
(b) a power to guard the thing at the place where it is found.