Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A regulatory authority and the Commissioner may enter into arrangements for supplying the regulatory authority with information that:
(a) is contained in the records of the Police Force of the Northern Territory of Australia; and
(b) concerns:
(i) any organisation that is a declared organisation; or
(ii) any controlled person who is an applicant for, or holder of, an authority under the regulatory legislation; or
(iii) any person who is an applicant for, or holder of, an authority under the regulatory legislation and who is a member, or associates with any member, of a declared organisation; and
(c) is reasonably necessary for the proper exercise of any function of the regulatory authority relating to authorities and disciplinary proceedings under the regulatory legislation.
(2) Arrangements made under subsection (1) are sufficient authority for supplying information as mentioned in subsection (1).
(3) The regulatory authority:
(a) must take steps to maintain the confidentiality of any information provided by the Commissioner under subsection (1) that is classified information; and
(b) must not disclose the information to any person unless authorised to do so by the Commissioner.
(4) Nothing in this section limits or affects any other power or duty conferred or imposed on the Commissioner or the regulatory authority under the regulatory legislation.
(5) In this section:
"regulatory legislation" means legislation of the Territory, the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory requiring the authorisation of persons in connection with carrying on an occupation or activity.