Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to general orders, a member of the Police Force holding the rank of Senior Sergeant or a higher rank may approve the carrying out of a non-intimate procedure on a person:
(a) whom the member reasonably suspects has committed an indictable offence; or
(b) who is in lawful custody charged with an offence punishable by imprisonment.
(2) A member of the Police Force may, in accordance with the approval, carry out the non-intimate procedure.
(2A) If the non-intimate procedure is the taking of a sample by buccal swab, a member of the Police Force may direct the person to provide the sample.
(3) A person is not to be taken to have provided a sample unless the sample is sufficient to enable an analysis of it to be carried out.
(4) A member of the Police Force may use reasonable force when exercising his or her powers under this section.