Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A person must not use a prohibited substance unless the use is authorised under:
(a) a prohibited substance authorisation; or
(b) a research authorisation.
Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person using the substance if:
(a) the substance is subject to an exemption under section 18 of the Therapeutic Goods Act for use of the substance solely for experimental purposes in humans; or
(b) the person uses the substance in the treatment of another person or experimental purposes in humans under an approval given under section 19 of the Therapeutic Goods Act.
Note for section 54
Under section 140, a prohibited substance authorisation for the use of a prohibited substance may be issued only to:
(a) for etorphine – a veterinarian or other prescribed person to sedate animals; or
(b) for other prohibited substances – an authorised health practitioner for the treatment of a person's terminal illness.