Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) This section applies if a police officer of the Territory requires a person in a part of the Territory that is in a cross-border region to provide a sample of breath or oral fluid for a preliminary alcohol or drug test under the Territory's drink or drug-driving laws.
(2) If:
(a) the person is required to provide the sample in accordance with the testing procedures under another participating jurisdiction's drink or drug-driving laws; and
(b) the region is partly in the other jurisdiction;
the person is taken to be required to provide the sample in accordance with the testing procedures under the Territory's drink or drug-driving laws.
(3) If:
(a) the sample is tested in accordance with the testing procedures for a preliminary alcohol or drug test under another participating jurisdiction's drink or drug-driving laws; and
(b) the region is partly in the other jurisdiction;
the sample is taken to have been tested in accordance with the testing procedures for a preliminary alcohol or drug test under the Territory's drink or drug-driving laws.
Examples for section 41
1 An NT police officer requires a person in the NT portion of the NT/SA region to provide a sample of breath for a preliminary alcohol test under the NT's drink-driving laws. The police officer may require the person to provide the sample in accordance with the testing procedures under SA's drink-driving laws.
2 An NT police officer requires a person in the NT portion of the NT/SA region to provide a sample of breath for a preliminary alcohol test under the NT's drink-driving laws. The sample may be tested in accordance with the testing procedures under SA's drink-driving laws.