Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) A person is guilty of an offence if the person:
(a) believes, on reasonable grounds, that a child:
(i) has been or is likely to be a victim of a sexual offence; or
(ii) otherwise has suffered or is likely to suffer harm or exploitation; and
(b) does not, as soon as possible after forming that belief, report (orally or in writing) to the CEO or a police officer:
(i) that belief; and
(ii) any knowledge of the person forming the grounds for that belief; and
(iii) any factual circumstances on which that knowledge is based.
Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units.
(2) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) if the defendant has a reasonable excuse.
(3) This section has effect despite any other provision in this Act or another law of the Territory.