Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A person must not use protected information for:
(a) a commercial purpose; or
(b) any other purpose other than an approved purpose.
Maximum penalty: If the offender is a natural person – 400 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
If the offender is a body corporate – 2 000 penalty units.
(2) A person must not directly or indirectly disclose or communicate protected information to someone else for a purpose other than an approved purpose.
Maximum penalty: If the offender is a natural person – 400 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
If the offender is a body corporate – 2 000 penalty units.
(3) In this section:
"approved purpose" means any of the following:
(a) for an MLA – the exercise of the MLA's functions;
(b) for the registered officer of a registered party – the exercise by an MLA who is a member of the party of the MLA's functions;
(c) for an MLA or the registered officer of a registered party:
(i) a purpose connected with an election; or
(ii) monitoring the accuracy of information in the roll;
(d) for anyone – a purpose prescribed by the Regulations.
"protected information", in relation to a person, means information (other than information available for public inspection under section 12) the person knows, or reasonably believes, was obtained from a roll extract given to the person or someone else under section 13.