Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated ActsIf a detainee is separated under section 155A:
(a) members of the staff of the detention centre must have regular, ongoing and meaningful contact with the detainee for the purpose of:
(i) monitoring the physical and mental health and wellbeing of the detainee; and
(ii) encouraging the detainee to reintegrate with the other detainees; and
(iii) assisting the detainee to deal with the situation which led to the separation; and
(b) the detainee must be permitted to see any of the following:
(i) one or more family members;
(ii) a medical practitioner;
(iii) a counsellor or psychologist;
(iv) a case worker;
(v) a legal practitioner;
(vi) a person nominated by the detainee to provide the detainee with support and positive guidance; and
(c) the detainee must be given access to any of the following:
(i) education and education materials;
(ii) appropriate recreation materials, including reading materials;
(iii) basic human necessities including toilets, food, clean drinking water, showers and sunlight; and
(d) if the period of separation exceeds 3 hours – the detainee must be given access to outdoor exercise or recreation for at least 15 minutes of every 3 hours between 8 am and 6 pm.