Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts32. Disclosing information
(1) A corporation or an officer of a corporation may disclose information to any one or more of the following without contravening section 31:
(a) the DPP, a member of the Police Force or a member of the Australian Crime Commission;
(b) an officer of the corporation, for the purpose of giving information under section 13;
(c) an officer of the corporation, for the purpose of ensuring that a requirement of a notice under section 14 is complied with;
(d) an officer of the corporation, for the purpose of ensuring that an examination order, a production order, a monitoring order or a suspension order is complied with;
(e) a legal practitioner, for the purpose of obtaining legal advice or representation in relation to giving information under section 13 or complying with a requirement under section 14;
(f) a legal practitioner, for the purpose of obtaining legal advice or representation in relation to an examination order, a production order, a monitoring order or a suspension order.
(2) An individual who is not acting in the capacity of an officer of a corporation or of a legal practitioner may disclose information to any one or more of the following without contravening section 31:
(a) the DPP;
(b) a member of the Police Force;
(c) a member of the Australian Crime Commission;
(d) a legal practitioner, for the purpose of obtaining legal advice or representation in relation to an examination order.
(3) A legal practitioner to whom information is disclosed under subsection (1) or (2) may disclose the information to a person to whom it could have been disclosed under the respective subsection for the purpose of giving legal advice or representing a person in relation to the matter disclosed.
(4) Subject to subsection (5), a person (except a legal practitioner) to whom information is disclosed under subsection (1) or (2) may disclose the information to another person to whom it could have been disclosed under the respective subsection.
(5) If information about a particular matter may only be disclosed under subsection (1) or (2) in particular circumstances or for a particular purpose, a person must not disclose the information under subsection (4) except in those circumstances or for that purpose.
(6) If a person to whom information about a particular matter is disclosed under this section stops being a person of a kind to whom the information may be disclosed, he or she must not disclose the information to anyone except a member of the Police Force, the DPP or a member of the Australian Crime Commission.
(7) A person who contravenes subsection (6) commits an offence.
Penalty: 1 000 penalty units or imprisonment for 5 years.