Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts22. Non-disclosure of certain matters
(1) Where the Administrator furnishes to the Ombudsman a certificate certifying that the disclosure of information concerning a specified matter (including the furnishing of information in answer to a question) or the disclosure of the contents of any documents or records would be contrary to the public interest:
(a) by reason that it would involve the disclosure of communications between:
(i) the Executive Council or any member thereof and the Administrator;
(ii) a Minister and a Minister of the Commonwealth or of a State; or
(iii) a Commonwealth Minister and a Minister of a State; or
(b) by reason that it would involve the disclosure of deliberations or decisions of:
(i) the Executive Council or of a Committee of the Executive Council;
(ii) a Committee of the Legislative Assembly formed for the purpose of advising the Administrator or a Minister; or
(iii) the Commonwealth or Territory Cabinet or a committee of the Commonwealth or Territory Cabinet,
the Ombudsman is not entitled to require a person to furnish any information concerning the matter, to answer questions concerning the matter or to produce those documents or records to the Ombudsman.
(2) The Ombudsman shall not require any person to furnish any information or answer any question or produce any document, paper or thing where the Director of Public Prosecutions certifies that the furnishing of that information, the answer to that question or the production of that document, paper or thing would prejudice the investigation or detection of any offence against a law in force in the Territory.