Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) This section applies if:
(a) a person is, under this or any other Act, required to be taken to an assessment facility for an assessment; or
(b) a person is otherwise to be taken to or from an assessment facility or treatment centre under this Act.
(2) A transport officer is authorised to take the person to or from the assessment facility or treatment centre.
(3) If necessary to enable the person to be taken to or from the assessment facility or treatment centre safely, a transport officer may use reasonable force to restrain the person.
(4) A transport officer may carry out a frisk search or ordinary search of the person if the officer reasonably suspects the person is carrying anything:
(a) that would present a danger to the officer, the person or any other person; or
(b) that could be used to assist the person to escape from the officer's custody.
(5) The transport officer may seize anything found on or with the person in the course of carrying out the frisk search or ordinary search if it is a thing of a type mentioned in subsection (4)(a) or (b).