Cross-border Justice Act 2009
50Enforcement of NT police orders
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50 Enforcement of NT police orders (a) a person in another participating jurisdiction is a person against whom an NT police order is in force; and (b) the person against whom, or for whose benefit, the order is made ordinarily resides in a cross-border region. (2) A police officer of the Territory may exercise the police officer's powers in relation to the person against whom the order is made. (3) In relation to the exercise of the powers, sections 120 to 122 of the Domestic and Family Violence Act 2007 have effect for all purposes in relation to a contravention of the order in the other jurisdiction.
Cross-border Justice Act 2009 30 (4) The law of the Territory applies (with any appropriate modifications) in relation to the powers.