Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A police officer must not divert a youth unless the youth and a responsible adult in respect of the youth consent to the youth being diverted.
(2) If it is not possible or practicable for the police officer to obtain a responsible adult's consent to the youth being diverted, the officer may give the youth a verbal warning despite that the consent of a responsible adult has not been obtained.
(3) If the youth, or a responsible adult in respect of the youth, does not consent to the youth being diverted, the police officer may charge the youth with the offence that the officer believes on reasonable grounds the youth committed and the youth may be prosecuted for the offence.