Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts28. Disclosure of information
(1) Subject to this section, no person shall disclose or give to any other person any information or document whereby the identity of a person -
(a) from whose body tissue has been removed for the purpose of transplantation or for use for other therapeutic purposes or for medical or scientific purposes;
(b) with respect to whom or with respect to whose body a consent or authority has been given under this Act; or
(c) into whose body tissue has been, is being, or may be, transplanted,
may become publicly known.
Penalty: $500 or imprisonment for 3 months.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to or in relation to any information disclosed -
(a) in pursuance of an order of a court or when otherwise required by law;
(b) for the purposes of hospital administration or bona fide medical research;
(c) with the consent of the person to whom the information relates; or
(d) when the circumstances in which the disclosure is made are such that the disclosure is or would be privileged.