Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT - SECT 186B

    (1)     A person commits an offence if the person:

        (a)     obtains information in the course of exercising a power or performing a function under this Act; and

        (b)     engages in conduct that results in the disclosure of the information to someone else.

Maximum penalty:     200 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply if the person engages in the conduct:

        (a)     in exercising a power or performing a function under this Act; or

        (b)     for legal proceeding arising out of the operation of this Act; or

        (c)     with the consent of the person to whom the information relates.

Note for section 186B

Under sections 23 and 26 of the Criminal Code a person is not guilty of an offence if an act constituting the offence is done in the exercise of a right granted or recognised by law or in execution of the law or in obedience to, or in conformity with, the law.