Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A person who has been or is to be charged with an offence in relation to property that is, or may be, a dangerous drug or a precursor is entitled to have a sample or samples that provide a true representation of the nature of the property analysed or examined by a person if there is sufficient quantity of the property at the time an application is made by the person under subsection (2) to enable the sample or samples to be analysed or examined.
(2) A person may apply in the prescribed form to the Commissioner of Police for the release, into the custody of a person specified in the application, of a sample or samples of property that is or may be a dangerous drug or a precursor.
(3) The Commissioner of Police may authorise the release of a sample or samples of the property that is or may be a dangerous drug or a precursor into the custody of a person specified in an application under subsection (2) if:
(a) the property is sought for the purpose of conducting an analysis or examination to determine the nature of the property; and
(b) the Commissioner is satisfied the person is authorised under this Act, another Act of the Territory or an Act of the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory to have possession of the dangerous drug or precursor.