Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) For this Part, a support person, in relation to a youth, is one of the following:
(a) a responsible adult in respect of the youth;
(b) a person nominated by the youth;
(c) a legal practitioner acting for the youth;
(d) a person called upon under subsection (5).
(2) A person cannot be a support person if he or she is, in the opinion of a police officer dealing with a youth, an accomplice of the youth in the alleged offence or likely to lose, destroy or fabricate evidence relating to the offence.
(3) A youth cannot be a support person, but nothing prevents a youth who is being dealt with under this Act requesting another particular youth be present as well as a support person.
(4) Unless in the person's capacity as a responsible adult in respect of the youth, a police officer or a person employed at a detention centre cannot be a support person.
(5) If a police officer has made reasonable attempts to have a person mentioned in subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c) present but it was not practicable for any such person to be present within 2 hours, the officer may call upon a person from the register maintained under section 14 to be the support person.
(6) If a youth requests that another particular youth be present as well as a support person, a police officer dealing with the youth must accommodate the request, if practicable, unless:
(a) the officer considers that the other youth is an accomplice in the alleged offence or likely to lose, destroy or fabricate evidence relating to the offence; or
(b) it would lead to undue delay after the time in which a support person is able to be present.