Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The Commissioner of Correctional Services must give to a medical expert named in a medical assessment order all relevant information (including medical or custodial correctional facility reports) that is in the Commissioner's possession or to which the Commissioner has, or may be given, access.
(2) On the written request of the Commissioner, a person in possession or control of the information must give the information to the Commissioner.
(3) However, subsections (1) and (2) do not require:
(a) the Commissioner to give to an expert information that has previously been given to the expert; or
(b) a person to give to the Commissioner information he or she has previously given to the Commissioner.
(4) If a person fails to give the information to the Commissioner when requested, the Supreme Court may, on application by the Commissioner, order the person to do so.
(5) A person who gives information under this section is not liable, civilly, criminally or under an administrative process, for giving the information.