Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A member of a Board or a Commissioner, or any person authorized in that behalf by the Chairman of a Board or by a Commissioner, shall at all times have full and free access to all buildings, places, goods, books, documents and other papers for the purposes of the inquiry in respect of which the Board or Commissioner is appointed, and for that purpose may make extracts from or copies of any such books, documents or papers.
(2) A person so authorized shall not communicate any information acquired by him in the performance of any duty under this section to any person other than a member of the Board or the Commissioner, or a person to whom he is authorized by the Board or Commissioner to communicate it.
(3) A member of a Board or a Commissioner shall not, except in the exercise of his functions under this Act, communicate any information acquired by him in the exercise of those functions.
(4) A person shall not obstruct or hinder any member of a Board, a Commissioner, or any person so authorized, in the exercise of the powers conferred by this section.