Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person obtains information as a member of an audit committee, a council, a council committee or a local authority; and
(b) the person intentionally engages in conduct; and
(c) the conduct results in the improper use of the information and the person is reckless in relation to the result.
Maximum penalty: 400 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) Strict liability applies to subsection (1)(a).
(3) A person makes improper use of information if the person uses it to gain some private benefit for the person or another person, or uses it to inflict harm on another person.