Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The responsible Minister and detaining authority for a place of detention to which the Subcommittee requests access must ensure that the Subcommittee and any accompanying experts are provided with all reasonable assistance to interview, without witnesses, either personally or through an interpreter, any detainee the Subcommittee chooses to interview and any other person at the place of detention who the Subcommittee chooses to interview.
(2) It is the duty of the responsible Minister for a place of detention to provide the Subcommittee with all reasonable assistance to interview, without witnesses, either personally or through an interpreter, any person who the Subcommittee believes may be able to give it relevant information concerning the place of detention, the treatment of detainees at it or the conditions of their detention.
(3) Nothing in subsection (1) prevents a support person chosen by a person the Subcommittee wishes to interview from being present during the interview at that person's request and with the agreement of the Subcommittee.
(4) Nothing in this section requires a person who objects to, or who does not consent to, being interviewed by the Subcommittee to participate in an interview.