Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A person commits an offence if the person fails to comply with an information direction given to the person under section 15(1).
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.
(2) An offence against subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.
(3) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) if the defendant has a reasonable excuse.
(4) It is not a reasonable excuse that compliance with the information direction would breach a duty of confidentiality.
(5) The provision of information that would otherwise constitute a breach of a duty of confidentiality does not constitute such a breach if the information is provided in compliance with an information direction.