Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The Board shall, at the request in writing of the Minister, provide the Minister with such reports, and such written information in the possession or control of the Board, and in such manner and form, as the Minister requires.
(2) Subject to subsection (4), if a report or information in the possession or control of the Board is provided under subsection (1) to the Minister, the Minister may make, retain and deal with copies of the report or information as the Minister thinks fit.
(3) Where the Board considers that:
(a) a report or information provided under subsection (1) contains; or
(b) a class of reports or of information which may be provided under subsection (1) is likely to contain,
matter that for any reason should be treated as confidential, it shall advise the Minister of, and give its reasons for, that opinion.
(4) The Minister, the Chief Executive Officer, a member or other person employed in the business of the Office or of the Minister, shall not disclose a report or written information relating to the matter, knowing it to be a matter in respect of which the Board owes a duty of confidence, except:
(a) in the case of the Minister or other person employed in the business of the Minister – in the proper performance of the Minister's ministerial functions and duties; or
(b) in any other case – in the proper performance of the functions and duties of the person employed in the business of the Office.
(5) A member, the Chief Executive Officer or other person employed in the business of the Office or of the Minister does not commit a breach of duty by reporting a matter or disclosing a report or written information relating to the affairs of the Board or of the Office to the Minister.