Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) If a court is required to impose a minimum sentence of a specified period of actual imprisonment for an offence and the court is satisfied that the circumstances of the case are exceptional:
(a) a provision of this Subdivision requiring the court to impose a minimum sentence of a specified period does not apply in relation to the offender; and
(b) the court must instead comply with section 78CB as if that section applied to the case.
(2) In deciding whether it is satisfied that circumstances of a case are exceptional, the court may have regard to:
(a) any victim impact statement or victim report presented to the court under section 106B; and
(b) any other matter the court considers relevant.
(3) The following do not constitute exceptional circumstances of a case:
(a) that the offender was voluntarily intoxicated by alcohol, drugs or a combination of alcohol and drugs at the time the offender committed the offence;
(b) that another person:
(i) was involved in the commission of the offence; or
(ii) coerced the person to commit the offence.