Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The following requirements apply in relation to the possession by the Police Force of dangerous drugs for training:
(a) each batch of a dangerous drug must be stored in a drug vault;
(b) when a batch of a dangerous drug is received into a drug vault for storage for the first time, it must be accompanied by a document certifying, in a way approved by the Commissioner, the weight and purity of the batch;
(c) a drug vault must not be used for storing a dangerous drug that is in the possession of the Police Force other than for training;
(d) a drug vault must be designed and constructed for ensuring (to the greatest practicable extent) that each batch of a dangerous drug stored in it keeps its level of effectiveness for training;
(e) a drug vault must include enough separate storage to ensure that no batch of a dangerous drug stored in the vault can be contaminated by another batch or can otherwise be made ineffective or less effective for training;
(f) the whole of a batch of a dangerous drug must be stored in a drug vault at all times, except to the extent the batch or a part of the batch is required to be held somewhere else for training;
(g) an audit of each drug vault must be conducted at least once every 3 months by a member of the Police Force who:
(i) is of or above the rank of Commander; and
(ii) is not otherwise directly associated with the keeping or use of dangerous drugs for training;
(h) when a batch of a dangerous drug leaves a drug vault for the last time:
(i) it must be accompanied by a document certifying, in a way approved by the Commissioner, the weight and purity of the batch; and
(ii) a copy of that certifying document must be kept at the drug vault or at another place the Commissioner directs.
(2) Without limiting the scope of an audit under subsection (1)(g), the audit must include the following measures:
(a) weighing each batch of dangerous drugs in the drug vault to find out whether all quantities of dangerous drugs that should be in the drug vault at the time of the audit are in the vault;
(b) finding out whether the drug vault is storing any dangerous drugs, or anything else, that should not be stored in the vault;
(c) a review of the register.
(3) Without limiting the requirements for an audit under subsection (1)(g), requirements for the audit include the following:
(a) the performance of the audit must be supervised by a member who:
(i) is a senior member; and
(ii) is not otherwise directly associated with the keeping or use of dangerous drugs for training;
(b) all batches of dangerous drugs stored in the drug vault must be the subject of analysis by an analyst as defined in the Misuse of Drugs Act 1990 ;
(c) the accuracy of the scales used in measuring the weights of batches of dangerous drugs stored in the drug vault must be certified in a way approved by the Commissioner.