Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) A person is an assessable person if the person:
(a) is taken to an assessment facility under section 128A(5) of the Police Administration Act ; or
(b) is, under section 34(9) of the Mental Health Act, referred back to a senior assessment clinician for another assessment; or
(c) is taken to an assessment facility under section 128B(4) of the Police Administration Act .
Notes for definition assessable person
1 Section 128A of the Police Administration Act requires that a person who is taken into protective custody under section 128 of that Act must be taken to an assessment facility in certain circumstances.
2 Section 128B of the Police Administration Act requires that a person to whom a mandatory community treatment order applies who is taken into protective custody under section 128 of that Act must be taken to an assessment facility in certain circumstances.
(2) A person ceases to be an assessable person:
(a) on being released from an assessment facility under section 18, 2014_Acta065.html#_Ref355077296">25 or 2014_Acta065.html#_Ref354410740">26 ; or
(b) immediately after one of the actions mentioned in section 20 is taken in relation to the person following an assessment of the person.