Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts14. Maltreatment to be reported
(1) A person, not being a member of the Police Force, who believes, on reasonable grounds, that a child has suffered or is suffering maltreatment shall, as soon as practicable after obtaining the knowledge that constitutes the reasonable grounds for his or her so believing, report the fact, and all material facts on which that knowledge is based, to the Minister or a member of the Police Force.
Penalty: 200 penalty units.
(2) Where a person, acting in good faith, makes a report under or in purported compliance with subsection (1) -
(a) the report shall not be held to be a breach of confidence or of professional etiquette or ethics or of a rule of professional conduct; and
(b) no civil or criminal liability is incurred by reason only of the making of the report.