Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) If a member of the Police Force suspects on reasonable grounds that a relevant offence has been, is being, or is about to be, committed at a place, the member may:
(a) enter and take control of the place and anything at the place; and
(b) remain at the place to establish and maintain a crime scene if the member is satisfied it is reasonably necessary to do so to preserve, or search for and gather, evidence of the commission of a relevant offence; and
(c) exercise crime scene powers at the place.
(2) A member may enter any other place if it is necessary to do so to gain entry to a place mentioned in subsection (1).
(3) To establish a crime scene, a member must, whenever practicable:
(a) identify what is the crime scene; and
(b) decide the boundaries necessary to protect the crime scene; and
(c) mark the boundaries in a way that sufficiently identifies the crime scene to the public.
(4) A member who establishes a crime scene must comply with this Division and any of the following that relate to crime scenes:
(a) general orders;
(b) orders, instructions or guidelines published in the Police Gazette .
(5) As soon as reasonably practicable after a member has established a crime scene, the member must notify a senior member of its establishment.