Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered ActsAfter section 183, in Chapter 2
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If the CEO believes on reasonable grounds that an unborn child may be a child in need of protection after the child is born, the CEO may, only with the consent of the person who is pregnant with the unborn child, do any of the following:
(a) refer the pregnant person and any person who may be involved in caring for the unborn child when it is born to a provider of prenatal or child-related services for advice, services and support;
(b) provide or arrange voluntary support services for the pregnant person and any person who may be involved in caring for the unborn child when it is born.
(1) The CEO may share any information acquired by the CEO in exercising powers or performing functions under this Act in a database that enables States and the Territory to share information related to the safety and wellbeing of children if the CEO is satisfied that the information in the database will only be used for an interstate officer to exercise powers or perform functions under a child welfare law.
(2) In this section:
"child welfare law" means a law of a State that substantially corresponds to the provisions in Part 2.3 that relate to a protection order.
"interstate officer", for a State, means the person holding or occupying the office or position that has the principal responsibility for the protection of children in the State under the child welfare law of the State.
"State" means:
(a) a State or another Territory of the Commonwealth; or
(b) New Zealand.