Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) A senior assessment clinician must direct a police officer or authorised officer to apprehend a person, and take the person to an assessment facility, if:
(a) the person has been granted leave of absence under section 76 but fails to return to the assessment facility at the expiry of the leave or fails to comply with a condition of the permission; or
(b) the person absents himself or herself from an assessment facility otherwise than in accordance with this Act.
(2) A senior treatment clinician for a treatment centre must direct a police officer or authorised officer to apprehend a person to whom a mandatory residential treatment order applies, and take the person to the treatment centre, if:
(a) the person has been granted leave of absence under section 76 but fails to return to the treatment centre at the expiry of the leave or fails to comply with a condition of the permission; or
(b) the person absents himself or herself from the treatment centre otherwise than in accordance with this Act.
(3) Any of the following persons may apprehend a person mentioned in subsection (1) or (2):
(a) a police officer;
(b) an authorised officer.
(4) A person who is apprehending a person mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) may use the force and assistance that is necessary and reasonable to apprehend and take the person to the assessment facility or treatment centre.