Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A person may have access to or use information stored in a database maintained under this Act only for the following purposes:
(a) investigating an offence;
(b) proceedings for an offence;
(c) giving the information to the person to whom the information relates;
(d) administering the database;
(e) investigating a reportable death or disaster within the meaning of the Coroners Act 1993 ;
(f) locating a missing person;
(g) identifying a deceased person or the remains of a deceased person;
(h) an arrangement entered into under section 147A.
(2) However, if a non-intimate procedure is carried out in accordance with a person's consent under section 145B for investigating an offence, the information obtained from the procedure:
(a) must not be used for investigating another offence other than a relevant offence; and
(b) is inadmissible as evidence in any proceeding other than a proceeding for the offence or a relevant offence.
(3) In this section:
"relevant offence" means an offence that is punishable by a term of imprisonment of 14 years or more.