Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) Subject to this section, a senior assessment clinician must conduct an assessment of the assessable person as soon as practicable after the assessable person is, in the clinician's opinion, able to be properly assessed.
(2) The assessment must be conducted not later than 96 hours after the assessable person is admitted to the assessment facility.
(3) In calculating the period under subsection (2), any period of time during which the assessable person is absent from the assessment facility for any reason (or is being assessed under the Mental Health Act as mentioned in section 21) must be disregarded.