Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts52. Inspection of reports
(1) Subject to subsection (3), a report required to be lodged under section 49 or 51, other than a report referred to in section 50(d), may be examined by any person during normal office hours at a place that the Department advises.
(2) A report referred to in section 50(d) shall be confidential while the mineral lease or mineral claim or application in respect of the land to which it relates remains in force, but on that lease or claim ceasing to be in force or that application being refused, the report shall be available for examination by any person during normal office hours at a place that the Department advises.
(3) A report required to be lodged under section 51 shall, unless disclosed with and in accordance with the written permission of the licensee, be confidential while the land to which it relates remains in the licence area or under a mining tenement.