Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts (1) A person who is authorised under this Act to
supply a Schedule 8 substance or restricted Schedule 4 substance must not
self-administer the substance.
Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the substance has been supplied to the person for self-administration by someone else who is authorised under this Act to do so (an authorised person ).
(3) In addition, it is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) if the defendant proves:
(a) the defendant:
(i) self-administered the substance for a genuine therapeutic use in an emergency and had no access to an authorised person to administer the substance; and
(ii) gives notice of the administration in the approved form to the CHO within 7 days after the administration; or
(b) the defendant self-administered the substance under another circumstance prescribed by regulation.