Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to this section, if:
(a) a court sentences an offender to be imprisoned for an offence against:
(i) section 177(a), 181, 184, 186, 186B, 188, 208H, 208HA, 208HB, 208J, 208JA, 208JB, 208JC, 208JD, 208JE, 208JF, 208JG, 208JH, 208JI, 208LB, 208LC, 208LD or 208MA of the Criminal Code; or
(ii) section 127, 130, 131, 131A, 132, 134, 188 or 192(4) of the Criminal Code as in force before the commencement of Part 2 of the Criminal Justice Legislation Amendment (Sexual Offences) Act 2023 ; and
(b) the offender was an adult when the offence was committed; and
(c) the offence was committed on a person who was under the age of 16 years; and
(d) the sentence is not suspended in whole or part;
the court must fix a period under section 53(1) of not less than 70% of the period of imprisonment that the offender is to serve under the sentence.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply where under section 53(1) the court considers that the fixing of a non-parole period is inappropriate.