Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts16. Pathology investigation
(1) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, specify -
(a) a notifiable disease in relation to which information is to be given;
(b) the information to be given in relation to a notifiable disease; and
(c) the manner in which information in relation to a notifiable disease is to be given.
(2) If a laboratory receives results from a pathology investigation that indicate that a person is an infected person in relation to a disease specified under subsection (1), the person in charge of the laboratory must give to the Chief Health Officer the information required under subsection (1) to be given in relation to the disease.
(3) The person in charge of the laboratory must give the information in the manner required under subsection (1).