187Definitions

187 Definitions (1) In this Code assault means: (a) the direct or indirect application of force to a person without his consent or with his consent if the consent is obtained by force or by means of menaces of any kind or by fear of harm or by means of false and fraudulent representations as to the nature of the act or by personation; or (b) the attempted or threatened application of such force where the person attempting or threatening it has an actual or apparent present ability to effect his purpose and the purpose is evidenced by bodily movement or threatening words, Criminal Code Act 1983 156 other than the application of force: (c) when rescuing or resuscitating a person or when giving any medical treatment or first aid reasonably needed by the person to whom it is given or when restraining a person who needs to be restrained for his own protection or benefit or when attempting to do any such act; (d) in the course of a sporting activity where the force used is not in contravention of the rules of the game; or (e) that is used for and is reasonably needed for the common intercourse of life. (2) In this Division: emergency worker means any of the following: (a) a member of the Northern Territory Fire and Rescue Service established under section 5(1) of the Fire and Emergency Act 1996; (b) a member of the Northern Territory Emergency Service as defined in section 8 of the Emergency Management Act 2013; (c) an ambulance officer or paramedic employed or engaged in providing ambulance services; (d) a medical practitioner or a health practitioner, as defined in the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law: (i) accompanying or assisting a person mentioned in paragraph (c); or (ii) attending a situation in the absence or unavailability of a person mentioned in paragraph (c). Note for definition emergency worker, paragraph (c) Ambulance services are not limited to road services, and may (for example) include helicopter or fixed-wing aero-medical services.