Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts70. Law enforcement agencies
A law enforcement agency is not required to comply with an IPP if the agency believes on reasonable grounds that non-compliance is necessary for the purposes of one or more of its or another law enforcement agency's functions, including the following:
(a) to prevent, detect, investigate, prosecute or punish the commission of an offence against a law of the Territory or any other offence or breach of a law imposing a penalty or sanction for a breach;
(b) to manage property seized or restrained under laws relating to the confiscation of the proceeds of crime or the enforcement of those laws or orders under those laws;
(c) to execute or implement an order or decision of a court or tribunal, including to execute warrants, to provide correctional services and to make decisions relating to the release of a person from lawful custody;
(d) to locate missing persons and next of kin;
(e) to provide services in emergency and disaster situations;
(f) if the agency is the Police Force of the Northern Territory - its community policing function.