Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts13. When does this Act apply to government information?
(1) Part 3 (Access and correction rights) applies in relation to government information (other than personal information) that a public sector organisation holds at any time after that Part commences if the information was created or received by the organisation not earlier than 10 years before that Part commences.
(2) Part 3 (Access and correction rights) applies in relation to government information (other than personal information) that a public sector organisation holds at any time after that Part has been in operation for 2 years if -
(a) the information was created or received by the organisation more than 10 years before that Part commences; and
(b) the information is in a class of information that the Commissioner determines, on application, to be a class of information in respect of which the competing interests of giving members of the Territory community a right of access to the information and of preventing a prejudicial effect on essential public interests or on the private and business interests of persons in respect of whom information is held by the organisation are likely to be balanced in favour of giving the right of access.
(3) Part 3 (Access and correction rights) applies in relation to government information (other than personal information) that a public sector organisation holds at any time after that Part commences if the information is reasonably necessary to enable a person to properly understand information to which the person has been provided with access under this Act.