Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) A senior assessment clinician must give the assessable person:
(a) a rights statement; and
(b) an oral explanation of the content of the rights statement.
(2) The statement and explanation must be given as soon as practicable after the assessable person is admitted to the assessment facility.
(3) If the assessable person is unable to communicate adequately in English but is able to communicate adequately in another language, the senior assessment clinician must, if practicable, arrange for the oral explanation to be given in the other language.