Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) In deciding an application for approval for an emergency authorisation (serious violence), the Judge must consider the following matters:
(a) the nature of the risk of serious violence to a person or substantial damage to property;
(b) the extent to which issuing a surveillance device warrant would have helped reduce or avoid the risk;
(c) the extent to which law enforcement officers could have used alternative methods of investigation to help reduce or avoid the risk;
(d) how much the use of alternative methods of investigation could have helped reduce or avoid the risk;
(e) how much the use of alternative methods of investigation would have prejudiced the safety of the person or property because of delay or for another reason;
(f) whether or not it was practicable in the circumstances to apply for a surveillance device warrant.
(2) In deciding an application for approval for an emergency authorisation (serious drugs offence), the Judge must consider the following matters:
(a) the nature of the serious and urgent circumstances for which the emergency authorisation was sought;
(b) the extent to which law enforcement officers could have used alternative methods of investigation;
(c) whether or not it was practicable in the circumstances to apply for a surveillance device warrant.
(3) In considering matters, the Judge must be mindful of the intrusive nature of using a surveillance device.
(4) Subsections (1) and (2) do not limit the matters the Judge may consider in deciding the application.