Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts36. Confidentiality
(1) Subject to this section, a person who is a member of the Police Force of the Northern Territory or an employee as defined in the Public Sector Employment and Management Act or a Fisheries Officer shall not, either directly or indirectly, except in the performance of their duty as a member or employee or Officer, as the case may be, and either while they are or after they cease to be a member or employee or Officer, make a record of or divulge or communicate to any person any information respecting the affairs of any other person disclosed or obtained under or pursuant to this Act or an Act repealed by this Act.
Penalty: $5,000 or imprisonment for 12 months.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the Director shall -
(a) hold all records and papers that could be the subject of an offence against subsection (1) in the Director's custody; and
(b) ensure that no employee or other person sees them or learns of their contents unless it is necessary or desirable that they do so for the purposes of the administration of this Act or of prosecuting a person for an offence against this Act.
(3) Without limiting the generality of subsection (2), the Director shall not allow a person to see a record or paper or learn of its contents by reason only that that person is -
(a) a Minister or other public official; or
(b) constituting a court or tribunal or exercising a judicial or administrative power or function.