Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) is a visitor at a custodial correctional facility; and
(b) gives a thing to a prisoner; and
(c) does not have the consent of the General Manager to do so.
Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) A prisoner commits an offence if the prisoner:
(a) is at a custodial correctional facility; and
(b) gives a thing to another person; and
(c) does not have the consent of the General Manager to do so.
Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
(3) Strict liability applies to subsections (1)(a) and (2)(a).
(4) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply if:
(a) the person is a priority visitor and the thing is a protected item; or
(b) the person is the prisoner's legal practitioner and the thing is a legal item.