Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A probation and parole officer may exercise the officer's powers under section 171 of the Correctional Services Act 2014 as if a supervision order were a monitoring order.
(1A) However, the officer must not:
(a) exercise a power under section 170(2)(d) or (e) of the Correctional Services Act 2014 unless the supervisee is subject to a monitoring obligation; or
(b) direct a supervisee under section 171 of the Correctional Services Act 2014 to submit to a prescribed alcohol/drug test unless the supervisee is subject to an alcohol or drug obligation.
(2) In this section:
"alcohol or drug obligation" means a requirement in, or direction given under, a supervision order that the supervisee not consume alcohol or a drug.
"monitoring obligation" means a requirement in, or direction given under, a supervision order that subjects the supervisee to monitoring using an approved monitoring device.