Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts23. Deferring access
(1) The public sector organisation may decide to defer providing access to the information for a period not exceeding 60 days if the information:
(a) is required by a law in force in the Territory to be published but is yet to be published; or
(b) has been prepared for presentation to the Legislative Assembly, or as a submission to a particular person or body, and has yet to be presented or submitted.
(2) The public sector organisation must specify in the notice of decision under section 20 the period for which access is likely to be deferred.
(3) If by the end of the period referred to in subsection (2):
(a) the information has not been published, presented or submitted as referred to in subsection (1)(a) or (b); and
(b) the public sector organisation has not provided access to the information,
the organisation is taken to have refused access to the information.