Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) This section applies if a correctional officer conducting a search under this Act finds a thing that purports to be a protected/legal item.
(2) The correctional officer:
(a) must not open or inspect the thing; and
(b) may confiscate the thing only if the correctional officer reasonably believes that:
(i) it is not a thing that has been, is being, or is intended to be, given:
(A) by a prisoner to a protected correspondent or the prisoner's legal practitioner; or
(B) to a prisoner by a protected correspondent or the prisoner's legal practitioner; or
(ii) it is, or contains a thing that is, a prohibited thing.
(3) If a correctional officer confiscates a thing that purports to be a protected/legal item, the correctional officer must, as soon as practicable, give it to:
(a) if it purports to be a protected item – a nominated examiner; or
(b) if it purports to be a legal item – the General Manager.
(4) As soon as practicable after being given a confiscated thing under subsection (3)(b), the General Manager must give it to a nominated examiner.