Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) If a correctional officer or police officer reasonably believes that a prisoner is unlawfully absent from a custodial correctional facility, the officer may arrest the prisoner without warrant.
(2) As soon as practicable after making the arrest, the officer must take the prisoner (or arrange for the prisoner to be taken) to:
(a) the custodial correctional facility; or
(b) another appropriate place.
Examples for subsection (2)(b)
Examples of other places where it may be appropriate to take the prisoner include the following:
(a) another custodial correctional facility;
(b) a police station;
(c) if the prisoner is sick or injured - a health care facility.
(3) For the purpose of exercising the power under subsection (1), a correctional officer may exercise the powers, and has the immunities of, a police officer under the Police Administration Act .