Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 2005 - SECT 9

For this Act, an illicit drug or substance is any of the following:

        (a)     a drug or substance, the possession of which is prohibited under a law in force in the Territory;

        (b)     a drug or substance for which a prescription is required, if no prescription is in force in relation to the youth:

            (i)     in whose possession the drug or substance is found; or

            (ii)     in whose body the drug or substance is detected;

        (c)     in relation to a youth who is detained at a detention centre – a drug or substance, the possession of which is prohibited under the rules of the detention centre;

        (d)     in relation to a youth who is the subject of an alternative detention order – a drug or substance, the possession of which is prohibited under the conditions of the order.