{"id":"notifiable-diseases-act-1981","name":"Notifiable Diseases Act 1981","slug":"notifiable-diseases-act-1981","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"nt","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":30339,"registerId":"nt-notifiable-diseases-act-1981-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Notifiable Diseases Act 1981","content":"NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA\nNOTIFIABLE DISEASES ACT 1981\nAs in force at 27 November 2023\nTable of provisions\nPart 1 Preliminary matters\n1 Short title ......................................................................................... 1\n2 Commencement .............................................................................. 1\n3 Repeal ............................................................................................. 1\n4 Transitional ...................................................................................... 1\n5 Interpretation ................................................................................... 2\nPart 2 Notifiable diseases\n6 Declaration of notifiable disease ...................................................... 3\n7 Person to seek medical advice ........................................................ 3\n8 Notification by medical practitioner .................................................. 3\n9 Details of contact ............................................................................. 4\n10 Advice by medical practitioner ......................................................... 4\n11 Notice to infected person ................................................................. 4\n12 Review by NTCAT ........................................................................... 5\n13 Chief Health Officer may ensure direction complied with ................ 5\n14 Notice to attend ............................................................................... 6\n15 Bodies ............................................................................................. 6\n16 Pathology investigation .................................................................... 6\nPart 3 Isolation areas\n17 Declaration of isolation area ............................................................ 7\n18 Power of Chief Health Officer in isolation area ................................ 7\n19 Powers within isolation area ............................................................ 8\n20 Unauthorized exit from isolation area .............................................. 9\n21 Compensation ................................................................................. 9\n22 Self-induced loss ............................................................................. 9\n23 Unauthorized persons ................................................................... 10\n24 Compensation a debt due.............................................................. 10\n25 Recovery from person found guilty ................................................ 10\n26 Civil remedy ................................................................................... 11\nPart 3A Liability of Red Cross Society etc. in\nrespect of transmittable diseases\n26A Interpretation ................................................................................. 11\n26B Liability of Red Cross Society ........................................................ 12\n26C Liability of hospitals and medical practitioners etc. ........................ 13\n\nNotifiable Diseases Act 1981 ii\n26D Liability where requirements not complied with ............................. 13\n26E Liability of blood donor ................................................................... 14\n26F Evidentiary certificates ................................................................... 14\nPart 4 Miscellaneous matters\n27 Registers ....................................................................................... 15\n28 Application ..................................................................................... 15\n29 Secrecy to be preserved ................................................................ 15\n30 Disclosures to be protected ........................................................... 15\n31 Delegation ..................................................................................... 16\n32 Distribution of information .............................................................. 16\n33 Statutory declarations .................................................................... 16\n34 Specific offences ........................................................................... 16\n35 Taking bribes ................................................................................. 17\n36 Unlawful destruction ...................................................................... 17\n37 Averments ..................................................................................... 17\n38 Offences and penalties .................................................................. 18\n38A Regulatory offences....................................................................... 18\n39 Regulations.................................................................................... 18\nPart 5 Transitional matters for Health Legislation\nAmendment Act 2021\n40 Approval of form of declaration ...................................................... 18\nPart 6 Transitional matters for Statute Law\nAmendment (NTCAT Conferral of\nJurisdiction) Act 2023\n41 Definitions ...................................................................................... 19\n42 NTCAT review limited to decisions made after commencement.... 19\n43 Appeals not commenced before commencement.......................... 19\n44 Appeals not determined before commencement ........................... 20\n45 Compliance with notices served before commencement............... 20\nSchedule 1 Ordinances repealed\nSchedule 2\nENDNOTES\n\nNORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA\n____________________\nAs in force at 27 November 2023\n____________________\nNOTIFIABLE DISEASES ACT 1981\nAn Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to notifiable, infectious\nand other diseases, and for related purposes\nPart 1 Preliminary matters\n1 Short title\nThis Act may be cited as the Notifiable Diseases Act 1981.\n2 Commencement\nThis Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by the\nAdministrator by notice in the Gazette.\n3 Repeal\n(1) The Ordinances listed in Schedule 1 and the Leprosy Amendment\nAct 1980 are repealed.\n(2) The Public Health (Infectious and Notifiable Diseases) Regulations,\nbeing Regulations No. 12 of 1960, No. 9 of 1961 and No. 49\nof 1978, are repealed.\n4 Transitional\n(1) The area described in Schedule 2 is deemed to be an area\ndeclared by the Administrator under section 17 to be an isolation\narea.\n(2) A person who was, immediately prior to the commencement of this\nAct, a leprosy patient within the meaning of the Leprosy Act 1954\nas then in force is deemed to be an infected person upon whom a\nnotice under section 11(1), directing him:\n(a) to remain at the isolation area referred to in subsection (1);\nand\n(b) to submit himself to the care and control of the Chief Health\nOfficer, until otherwise directed by a medical officer,\n\nPart 1 Preliminary matters\nNotifiable Diseases Act 1981 2\nhas been duly served.\n5 Interpretation\n(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:\nanimal includes a dead animal and part of an animal.\nauthorized person means a person to whom the Chief Health\nOfficer delegates, in relation to a power or function, the exercise of\nthat power or performance of that function under section 31 and\nwho, in the instrument of delegation, is described as an authorized\nperson.\nchild means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years.\ndiagnostic procedures means the collection and examination of\nsamples from an infected person or suspect person for pathology\ninvestigation and includes radiological examinations.\ngoods includes animals, plants and minerals and any other kind of\nmoveable property.\ninfected person means a person:\n(a) who is suffering from a notifiable disease;\n(b) who is a carrier of a notifiable disease; or\n(c) from whom a notifiable disease may be contracted.\nisolation area means an area declared under section 17 to be an\nisolation area.\nmedical examination means a physical examination by a medical\npractitioner and includes the use of diagnostic procedures, where\nnecessary, to establish the presence of a notifiable disease.\nmedical officer means an authorised officer, under the Public and\nEnvironmental Health Act 2011, who is a medical practitioner or\nentitled to be registered as a medical practitioner.\nnotifiable disease means a disease declared to be a notifiable\ndisease under section 6.\nplant includes a dead plant and part of a plant.\nsuspect person means a person who:\n(a) is suspected of being an infected person; or\n\nPart 2 Notifiable diseases\nNotifiable Diseases Act 1981 3\n(b) has or may have been exposed to an infected person or\ngoods which are known or suspected to be infected or a\nsource of infection.\n(2) A power of prohibition under this Act shall include a prohibition\ngenerally or with limitations as to place and subject-matter and\neither absolutely or subject to specified conditions or restrictions.\n(3) Where a notice or order under this Act may be served on a child, a\ncopy of such notice or order shall be deemed to have been served\non that child if a copy of that notice or order was served on a parent\nor guardian of that child.\n(4) Where an obligation under this Act is placed upon a child, the\nparent or guardian of the child shall be liable for carrying out that\nobligation or ensuring that the obligation is carried out, unless the\ncontrary intention appears.\nPart 2 Notifiable diseases\n6 Declaration of notifiable disease\nThe Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, declare a disease to be\na notifiable disease for the purposes of this Act.\n7 Person to seek medical advice\nA person who has reasonable grounds to believe that he may be an\ninfected person or suspect person shall consult a medical\npractitioner at the first reasonable opportunity.\n8 Notification by medical practitioner\n(1) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, specify:\n(a) a notifiable disease in relation to which information is to be\ngiven;\n(b) the information to be given in relation to a notifiable disease;\nand\n(c) the manner in which information in relation to a notifiable\ndisease is to be given.\n(2) If a medical practitioner:\n(a) diagnoses that a person is an infected person; or\n\nPart 2 Notifiable diseases\nNotifiable Diseases Act 1981 4\n(b) considers that a person is a suspect person, in relation to a\nnotifiable disease specified under subsection (1), the medical\npractitioner must give to a medical officer the information\nrequired under subsection (1) to be given in relation to the\ndisease.\n(3) The medical practitioner must give the information in the manner\nrequired under subsection (1).\n9 Details of contact\nA person who is:\n(a) an infected person shall provide to a medical practitioner,\nmedical officer or authorized person the names and addresses\nof all persons from whom the notifiable disease may have\nbeen contracted; or\n(b) a suspect person shall provide to a medical practitioner,\nmedical officer or authorized person the names and addresses\nof all persons with whom he has been in contact during a\nperiod of time specified by the medical practitioner, medical\nofficer or authorized person.\n10 Advice by medical practitioner\nA medical practitioner who diagnoses that a person is an infected\nperson or who considers a person to be a suspect person:\n(a) shall advise, where the person is an adult – the person;\n(b) shall advise, where the person is a child who has not attained\nthe age of 16 years – the parents or the guardian of the child;\nor\n(c) as he thinks fit, may also advise, where the person is a child\nwho has attained the age of 16 years – the parents or the\nguardian of the child,\nof the nature of the notifiable disease, the measures needed to be\ntaken to prevent the spread of that disease and the treatment, if\nany, required.\n11 Notice to infected person\n(1) A medical officer may, by notice in writing personally served on an\ninfected person or suspect person, direct the person to carry out\nmeasures which the medical officer believes necessary for the\ntreatment of, or to prevent the spread or possible spread of, the\nrelevant notifiable disease.\n\nPart 2 Notifiable diseases\nNotifiable Diseases Act 1981 5\n(2) A person duly served with a notice under subsection (1) shall carry\nout all measures which he is directed by the notice to carry out.\n12 Review by NTCAT\n(1) NTCAT has jurisdiction to review a decision of a medical officer to\nserve a notice on a person under section 11(1).\n(2) The person who is served with the notice may apply to NTCAT for\nreview of the medical officer's decision.\n(3) In determining an application for review under this section, NTCAT\nmay, by order:\n(a) confirm the notice; or\n(b) vary a direction contained in the notice; or\n(c) revoke the notice.\n(4) Section 44(2) of the Northern Territory Civil and Administrative\nTribunal Act 2014 does not apply in relation to a proceeding for\nreview of a decision under this section.\nNote for section 12\nThe Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2014 sets out the\nprocedure for applying to NTCAT for review and other relevant matters in relation\nto reviews.\n13 Chief Health Officer may ensure direction complied with\n(1) Subject to any order made by NTCAT under section 12(3), if a\nperson is served with a notice under section 11(1) and the person\nfails to comply with the notice, the Chief Heath Officer may make\nany order that the Chief Heath Officer thinks fit.\n(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the Chief Health\nOfficer may order, either in writing or orally, that:\n(a) an infected person or suspect person be removed to and\ndetained at a hospital or other place until a medical officer\nauthorizes the release of the person on the grounds that that\nperson is not an infected person or is no longer a suspect\nperson;\n(b) premises in which an infected person or suspect person has\nresided, worked, attended for educational purposes or has\notherwise occupied, shall be closed for a specified period or\ndisinfected, or both;\n\nPart 2 Notifiable diseases\nNotifiable Diseases Act 1981 6\n(c) bedding, clothing or other articles which have been, or which\nare believed to have been, exposed to contamination by an\ninfected person or to possible contamination by a suspect\nperson be destroyed or disinfected; or\n(d) a supply of water for human consumption or use which is or is\nsuspected of being contaminated by a notifiable disease be\ntreated to render it fit for human consumption or use.\n(3) The Chief Health Officer may take whatever steps are necessary to\ngive effect to an order under subsection (2).\n14 Notice to attend\nThe Chief Health Officer may, by notice in the Gazette, require:\n(a) a specified person; or\n(b) persons who are members of a specified class of persons,\nto attend at specified times and places for medical examinations\nand to answer such questions to determine whether that person or\nany of those persons of that specified class of persons is an\ninfected person or suspect person.\n15 Bodies\n(1) If a medical practitioner considers that a deceased person was, at\nthe time of his death, an infected person or suspect person, the\nmedical practitioner shall notify a medical officer of that fact by the\nfastest practicable form of communication.\n(2) A medical officer may give such order as he thinks fit in relation to\nthe disposal of the body of a deceased person who, at the time of\nhis death, was an infected person or suspect person.\n(3) A person in charge of the body of a deceased person who, at the\ntime of his death, was an infected person or suspect person shall\ncomply with an order of a medical officer in relation to the treatment\nand disposal of that body.\n16 Pathology investigation\n(1) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, specify:\n(a) a notifiable disease in relation to which information is to be\ngiven;\n(b) the information to be given in relation to a notifiable disease;\nand\n\nPart 3 Isolation areas\nNotifiable Diseases Act 1981 7\n(c) the manner in which information in relation to a notifiable\ndisease is to be given.\n(2) If a laboratory receives results from a pathology investigation that\nindicate that a person is an infected person in relation to a disease\nspecified under subsection (1), the person in charge of the\nlaboratory must give to the Chief Health Officer the information\nrequired under subsection (1) to be given in relation to the disease.\n(3) The person in charge of the laboratory must give the information in\nthe manner required under subsection (1).\nPart 3 Isolation areas\n17 Declaration of isolation area\n(1) The Administrator or Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, declare\nan area to be an isolation area.\n(2) A declaration under subsection (1) made by the Minister is effective\nonly:\n(a) until the expiration of such period, not exceeding 2 years, as is\nspecified in the declaration; or\n(b) until a like or inconsistent declaration under that subsection\nrelating to the area becomes effective;\nwhichever first occurs.\n18 Power of Chief Health Officer in isolation area\n(1) In relation to an isolation area, the Chief Health Officer may, by\norder:\n(a) prohibit the movement of a person or persons who are\nmembers of a specified class of persons;\n(b) prohibit the movement of goods;\n(c) require a person or persons who are members of a specified\nclass of persons to report at specified times and places and\nsubmit to medical examinations, to answer questions and to\nsubmit to such medical treatment as the Chief Health Officer\nthinks fit; and\n\nPart 3 Isolation areas\nNotifiable Diseases Act 1981 8\n(d) authorize the destruction, disposal or treatment of goods, a\nbuilding, structure, water supply, drainage and sewerage\nsystem or other thing within the isolation area known or\nsuspected to be infected or a source of infection.\n(2) Action necessary to give effect to an order under subsection (1),\nmay be taken by:\n(a) a medical officer;\n(b) a member of the Police Force; or\n(c) an authorized person.\n19 Powers within isolation area\n(1) A medical officer or authorized person may ask such questions of:\n(a) a person who is or was located within; or\n(b) a person whom the medical officer or authorized person\nbelieves to have been located within,\nan isolation area either while a declaration made under section 17\nis or was in force, or within 14 days prior to the date of that\ndeclaration, as are necessary for him to ascertain:\n(c) the identity of the person;\n(d) whether or not the person has been within the isolation area;\n(e) whether the person is an infected person or a suspect person;\n(f) the identity of a person with whom the person may have come\nin contact before, within or since leaving the isolation area;\nand\n(g) the details of goods with which the person has had contact\nand their whereabouts.\n(2) A person who is questioned under subsection (1) shall truly answer\nto the best of his knowledge all questions put to him.\n(3) It is not a defence to a prosecution under this section that a person\ndid not know that:\n(a) he was entering, leaving or located in an isolation area;\n(b) the person asking questions under subsection (1) was a\nmedical officer or authorized person; or\n\nPart 3 Isolation areas\nNotifiable Diseases Act 1981 9\n(c) he was required to truly answer to the best of his knowledge\nall questions put to him.\n20 Unauthorized exit from isolation area\n(1) A person who has or is suspected of having left an isolation area in\ncontravention of an order under section 18 may be arrested without\nwarrant.\n(2) A person referred to in subsection (1) who is arrested shall:\n(a) be placed in isolation if practicable; and\n(b) submit to such medical examination and such medical\ntreatment as the Chief Health Officer thinks fit.\n(3) Goods removed from an isolation area in contravention of an order\nunder section 18 shall be forfeited to the Crown and may be seized,\ntreated, destroyed or disposed of as the Chief Health Officer thinks\nfit.\n21 Compensation\n(1) Subject to section 22, if a person suffers:\n(a) a loss; or\n(b) damage to his property,\nas the result of an order of the Chief Health Officer under this Act or\npurported to be under this Act, the person shall be compensated by\nthe Crown for such loss or damage directly caused by that order.\n(2) If the Chief Health Officer and a person entitled under this section\nor section 23(2) to be compensated cannot agree on an amount of\ncompensation, the person may apply to the Local Court to\ndetermine an amount of compensation.\n(3) Where a person applies to the Local Court under subsection (2),\nthe Court shall hear and determine the matter in such manner and\nmay make such order as to costs, as it thinks fit.\n22 Self-induced loss\nA person shall not be entitled to compensation under section 21 if\nthe relevant loss or damage arose from his failure:\n(a) to comply with an order under section 18; or\n(b) to take reasonable precautions to prevent the need for action\nunder section 18.\n\nPart 3 Isolation areas\nNotifiable Diseases Act 1981 10\n23 Unauthorized persons\n(1) For the purposes of this Act, a person who is not but holds himself\nout as:\n(a) the Chief Health Officer;\n(b) a medical officer;\n(c) a medical practitioner;\n(d) a member of the Police Force; or\n(e) an authorized person,\nis guilty of an offence.\nMaximum penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.\n(2) If a person consents to an act or omission by an offender under\nsubsection (1) and such consent:\n(a) results in the person suffering a loss or his property being\ndamaged or destroyed; and\n(b) was given in the reasonable belief that the offender was\nauthorized or empowered to cause such loss or damage,\nthat person shall be compensated by the Crown for such loss or\ndamage directly caused by the act or omission of the offender.\n24 Compensation a debt due\nCompensation payable under this Act by the Crown is a debt due\nby the Crown.\n25 Recovery from person found guilty\n(1) Where a person is found guilty of an offence under section 23(1)\nand compensation is paid under section 23(2) in respect of the loss\nor damage from the act or omission constituting the offence, a court\nmay, at any time on the application of the Crown, make an order\nthat the person found guilty of the offence under section 23(1)\nrefund to the Crown the whole or a part of the amount of\ncompensation paid by the Crown under section 23(2) together with\nthe whole or a part of any costs awarded in respect of the\napplication for compensation.\n(2) An order made under subsection (1) may be for the payment by the\nperson found guilty of a lump sum or of periodical payments during\na specified period, or both.\n\nPart 3A Liability of Red Cross Society etc. in respect of transmittable diseases\nNotifiable Diseases Act 1981 11\n26 Civil remedy\nAn order made for the payment of compensation under this Act\nshall not affect the civil right of a person to compensation or\ndamages in respect of his loss or damage.\nPart 3A Liability of Red Cross Society etc. in respect\nof transmittable diseases\n26A Interpretation\n(1) In this Part:\napproved means approved by the Chief Health Officer.\ndonor means a blood donor.\nSociety means the society incorporated by Royal Charter under the\nname of the Australian Red Cross Society.\nspecified action means an action at law brought by or on behalf of:\n(a) a person who claims to have contracted a transmittable\ndisease:\n(i) by reason of having been administered blood supplied\nby the Society or a blood product derived from blood\nsupplied by the Society;\n(ii) by reason of having been involved in the taking, testing,\nhandling, producing, supplying, or administering to a\npatient of blood supplied by the Society or a blood\nproduct derived from blood supplied by the Society; or\n(iii) from a person who contracted a transmittable disease in\na circumstance specified in subparagraph (i) or (ii); or\n(b) a dependant of a person who dies as a result of having\ncontracted a transmittable disease in a circumstance specified\nin paragraph (a);\ntransmittable disease means any of the following diseases:\n(a) the disease known as Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome\nin any of its forms or stages;\n(b) hepatitis B;\n(c) hepatitis C;\n\nPart 3A Liability of Red Cross Society etc. in respect of transmittable diseases\nNotifiable Diseases Act 1981 12\n(d) any disease resulting from infection by the Human T cell\nLymphoma virus 1 or 2;\n(e) syphilis;\n(f) hepatitis G;\n(g) New Variant Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease;\n(h) a prescribed disease.\n(2) For the purposes of sections 26B and 26C, the specified\nrequirements in relation to taking blood from a donor are that:\n(a) before taking the blood, the Society obtains from the donor a\ndeclaration in the form approved under subsection (3); and\n(b) before supplying the blood to be administered to a person or\nto be used in the preparation of blood products to be\nadministered to a person, a sample of the blood is tested,\nusing approved equipment and in accordance with an\napproved method, for the presence of any pathogen capable\nof causing the relevant transmittable disease and the Society\nascertains that the result of the test is negative.\n(3) The Chief Health Officer may approve the form of a declaration for\nsubsection (2).\n(4) The Chief Health Officer must publish the approved form of a\ndeclaration on the Agency's website.\n26B Liability of Red Cross Society\nIn a specified action against:\n(a) the Society;\n(b) an officer or employee of, or person working whether with or\nwithout payment or reimbursement for, the Society; or\n(c) any other person or body who takes blood from a donor on\nbehalf of the Society,\nit is a defence that the Society complied with the specified\nrequirements, or caused the specified requirements to be complied\nwith, in taking the relevant blood and in testing, processing, and\nhandling that blood and blood products derived from that blood.\n\nPart 3A Liability of Red Cross Society etc. in respect of transmittable diseases\nNotifiable Diseases Act 1981 13\n26C Liability of hospitals and medical practitioners etc.\nIn a specified action against:\n(a) a hospital or other body at whose premises blood supplied by\nthe Society or a blood product derived from blood supplied by\nthe Society is administered to a patient; or\n(b) a medical practitioner, or a person acting on behalf of a\nmedical practitioner, who administered to a patient or\nauthorized the administration to a patient of blood supplied by\nthe Society or a blood product derived from blood supplied by\nthe Society,\nit is a defence that:\n(c) at the time the blood or blood product was administered there\nwas attached to the container in which the blood or blood\nproduct was contained a certificate purporting to be signed by\nthe person in charge of the laboratory at which a sample of the\nblood was tested, stating that a sample of the blood or, in the\ncase of the blood product, a sample of each unit of blood from\nwhich the blood product was derived, was tested, using\napproved equipment and in accordance with an approved\nmethod, for the presence of any pathogen capable of causing\nthe relevant transmittable disease and the result of the test\nwas negative; or\n(d) the Society complied with the specified requirements or\ncaused them to be complied with in respect of the taking of the\nrelevant blood and the testing, processing, and handling of\nthat blood or of blood products derived from it.\n26D Liability where requirements not complied with\n(1) The defence afforded by section 26B does not apply if, after the\nSociety has supplied blood to be administered to a person or to be\nused in the preparation of a blood product to be administered to a\nperson, the Society has reasonable grounds for believing that that\nblood or blood product is likely to contain any pathogen capable of\ncausing the relevant transmittable disease and:\n(a) the Society does not take all reasonable steps to ascertain\nwhether the blood or blood product has been administered to\na person; or\n(b) having taken those steps and having reason to believe that\nthat blood or blood product has not been so administered, the\nSociety does not take all reasonable steps to ensure that the\nblood or blood product is not administered to a person.\n\nPart 3A Liability of Red Cross Society etc. in respect of transmittable diseases\nNotifiable Diseases Act 1981 14\n(2) The defence afforded by section 26C does not apply if, at any time\nup to and including the time at which the blood or blood product\nwas administered, the hospital or other body at the premises of\nwhich the blood or blood product was administered:\n(a) had been informed that that blood or blood product was likely\nto contain any pathogen capable of causing the relevant\ntransmittable disease; and\n(b) did not take all reasonable steps to ensure that the blood or\nblood product was not administered to a person.\n(3) The defence afforded by section 26C does not apply to or in\nrelation to a medical practitioner or person acting on behalf of a\nmedical practitioner if, at the time the blood or blood product was\nadministered, the medical practitioner or other person had been\ninformed that that blood or blood product was likely to contain any\npathogen capable of causing the relevant transmittable disease.\n26E Liability of blood donor\n(1) A person who, in a declaration referred to in section 26A(2)(a),\nmakes a statement that is false in a material particular is guilty of an\noffence.\nMaximum penalty: 85 penalty units or imprisonment for\n2 years.\n(2) No proceedings, civil or criminal, other than proceedings under\nsubsection (1), lie against a donor of blood by reason only of a\nperson having contracted a transmittable disease from the\nadministration to the person of blood given by, or of a blood product\nderived partly from blood given by, that donor.\n(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to or in relation to a blood donor who\nhas been found guilty of an offence against subsection (1).\n26F Evidentiary certificates\nFor the purposes of this Part, a certificate purporting to be signed\nby the person in charge of the laboratory at which a sample of\nblood was tested and stating that:\n(a) the blood sample was tested using approved equipment and\nin accordance with an approved method; and\n(b) the results specified in the certificate were obtained,\nis evidence of the matters so stated and of the facts on which they\nare based.\n\nPart 4 Miscellaneous matters\nNotifiable Diseases Act 1981 15\nPart 4 Miscellaneous matters\n27 Registers\nThe Chief Health Officer may keep such registers:\n(a) of persons who are or were infected persons or suspect\npersons; and\n(b) in such form,\nas he thinks fit.\n28 Application\nWhere an order or direction made or given under, or a provision of,\nthis Act is inconsistent with the Emergency Management Act 2013\nor an order or direction made or given under that Act, that Act or\norder or direction made or given under that Act shall prevail to the\nextent of that inconsistency.\n29 Secrecy to be preserved\n(1) An employee within the meaning of the Public Sector Employment\nand Management Act 1993 or other person, who acts or assists in\nthe administration of this Act or who is present in a room or at a\nplace where a matter under this Act concerning another person is\nbeing discussed, shall preserve and aid in preserving secrecy\nconcerning all matters and things which come to his knowledge\nwhilst so acting, assisting or being present, except so far as his\nduties under this Act require or except in answer to a question he is\nbound to answer.\nMaximum penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.\n(2) In this section, this Act includes the Ordinances and Regulations\nrepealed by section 3.\n30 Disclosures to be protected\nSubject to section 21, no action, claim or demand lies, or shall be\ncommenced or allowed, by or in favour of a person against another\nperson or the Crown, in respect of an act, matter or thing done by\nthat other person in good faith in the exercise or purported exercise\nof a power or performance or purported performance of a function\nunder this Act, for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions or\nobjects of this Act, or for discharging an obligation placed upon that\nother person or the Crown by this Act.\n\nPart 4 Miscellaneous matters\nNotifiable Diseases Act 1981 16\n31 Delegation\n(1) The Chief Health Officer may, by instrument in writing, either\ngenerally or in relation to a particular matter or class of matters,\ndelegate to a person specified in the instrument of delegation all or\nany of his powers or functions under this Act, other than this power\nof delegation.\n(2) A power or function delegated in accordance with subsection (1)\nshall be exercised or performed by the delegate in accordance with\nthe instrument of delegation.\n(3) A delegation under this section is revocable at will by the Chief\nHealth Officer and does not prevent the exercise of a power or the\nperformance of a function by him.\n(4) When delegating a power or a function under subsection (1) to a\nperson, the Chief Health Officer may describe the person as an\nauthorized person and the person so described is an authorized\nperson for the purposes of the exercise of that power or\nperformance of that function.\n32 Distribution of information\nThe Chief Health Officer may, as he thinks fit, disseminate\ninformation relating to the cause, nature and effects of a notifiable\ndisease.\n33 Statutory declarations\n(1) A question referred to in section 19 may be written or oral and the\nmedical officer or authorized person may require the answers to be\ngiven in writing or orally.\n(2) A medical officer or authorized person may, if he thinks fit, require a\nperson to verify by a declaration an answer to a question asked\nunder section 19.\n34 Specific offences\nA person who:\n(a) gives, offers, promises to give or procure to be given a bribe,\nrecompense or reward to a medical practitioner, medical\nofficer or authorized person, to induce him to neglect his duty;\n(b) makes a collusive agreement with a medical practitioner,\nmedical officer or authorized officer to neglect his duty;\n\nPart 4 Miscellaneous matters\nNotifiable Diseases Act 1981 17\n(c) by threats, demands or promises, attempts to improperly\ninfluence a medical practitioner, medical officer or authorized\nperson in the performance of his duty; or\n(d) assaults or by force molests, hinders, obstructs or intimidates\na medical practitioner, medical officer or authorized person in\nthe performance of his duty,\nis guilty of an offence.\nMaximum penalty: 8 penalty units or imprisonment for\n6 months.\n35 Taking bribes\nA medical practitioner, medical officer or authorized person who:\n(a) accepts a bribe, recompense or reward for or on account of a\nneglect to perform his duty; or\n(b) makes a collusive agreement with a person to neglect his\nduty,\nis guilty of an offence.\nMaximum penalty: Imprisonment for 3 years.\n36 Unlawful destruction\nA medical officer or authorized person shall not unlawfully destroy\nor damage goods.\n37 Averments\nIn proceedings for an offence against this Act:\n(a) an averment of the prosecutor, contained in a complaint or\ninformation, that at a specified time an area was an isolation\narea;\n(b) a certificate from a medical officer that a person was an\ninfected person or suspect person; or\n(c) a certificate from a person conducting a pathology\ninvestigation which states that a sample from a person or\nanimal establishes that a notifiable disease is present or\nconfirms a diagnosis of a medical practitioner,\nis prima facie evidence of the matter so averred or certified, as the\ncase may be.\n\nPart 5 Transitional matters for Health Legislation Amendment Act 2021\nNotifiable Diseases Act 1981 18\n38 Offences and penalties\n(1) A person shall not contravene or fail to comply with a provision of,\nor an order under, this Act or the Regulations.\n(2) A person who contravenes or fails to comply with a provision of, or\nan order under, this Act or the Regulations for which a penalty is\nnot provided by a provision of this Act or the Regulations other than\nthis section, is punishable upon being found guilty by a fine not\nexceeding 8 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.\n(3) A prosecution for an offence against a provision of, or an order\nunder, this Act or the Regulations shall not be commenced unless\napproved by the Chief Health Officer.\n38A Regulatory offences\nAn offence of contravening or failing to comply with the provisions\nof, or an order under, section 11(2), 15(3) or 19(2) is a regulatory\noffence.\n39 Regulations\n(1) The Administrator may make regulations not inconsistent with this\nAct prescribing all matters which are required or permitted to be\nprescribed or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed\nfor carrying out or giving effect to this Act and for prescribing\npenalties not exceeding 8 penalty units or imprisonment for\n6 months for a breach of a regulation.\n(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the Administrator\nmay prescribe procedures and forms for an application to the Local\nCourt to determine an amount of compensation under\nsection 21(2).\nPart 5 Transitional matters for Health Legislation\nAmendment Act 2021\n40 Approval of form of declaration\n(1) An approval given under section 26A(3) that was in effect\nimmediately before the commencement of Part 2 of the amending\nAct continues to have effect as if it were given by the Chief Health\nOfficer under the section as amended by the amending Act.\n(2) In this section:\namending Act means the Health Legislation Amendment Act 2021.\n\nPart 6 Transitional matters for Statute Law Amendment (NTCAT Conferral of\nJurisdiction) Act 2023\nNotifiable Diseases Act 1981 19\nPart 6 Transitional matters for Statute Law\nAmendment (NTCAT Conferral of Jurisdiction)\nAct 2023\n41 Definitions\nIn this Part:\namending Act means the Statute Law Amendment (NTCAT\nConferral of Jurisdiction) Act 2023.\ncommencement means the commencement of Part 12 of the\namending Act.\nformer Act means this Act as in force immediately before the\ncommencement.\n42 NTCAT review limited to decisions made after commencement\nSections 12 and 13(1), as inserted by sections 101 and 102 of the\namending Act, apply only in relation to a notice that is served on a\nperson by a medical officer after the commencement.\n43 Appeals not commenced before commencement\n(1) This section applies to a person if, immediately before the\ncommencement, the person:\n(a) was entitled to appeal to the Local Court against a notice\nserved on the person or a direction contained in the notice\nunder section 12 of the former Act; and\n(b) had not yet commenced an appeal against the notice or\ndirection.\n(2) The person may appeal to the Local Court against the notice or a\ndirection contained in the notice in accordance with section 12 of\nthe former Act, as if Part 12 of the amending Act had not\ncommenced.\n(3) The Local Court must hear and determine the person's appeal in\naccordance with section 12 of the former Act, as if Part 12 of the\namending Act had not commenced.\n\nPart 6 Transitional matters for Statute Law Amendment (NTCAT Conferral of\nJurisdiction) Act 2023\nNotifiable Diseases Act 1981 20\n44 Appeals not determined before commencement\n(1) Subsection (2) applies in relation to an appeal to the Local Court\nthat:\n(a) was commenced by a person under section 12 of the former\nAct; and\n(b) had not been finally determined by the Local Court before the\ncommencement.\n(2) The Local Court must continue to hear and determine the person's\nappeal in accordance with section 12 of the former Act, as if Part 12\nof the amending Act had not commenced.\n45 Compliance with notices served before commencement\nSection 13 of the former Act continues to apply after the\ncommencement in relation to:\n(a) a notice that was served on a person under section 11(1)\nbefore the commencement; and\n(b) an order that was made by the Chief Health Officer before the\ncommencement.\n\nSchedule 1 Ordinances repealed\nNotifiable Diseases Act 1981 21\nSchedule 1 Ordinances repealed\nsection 3\nNumber and year Short title\nNo. 4, 1923 Venereal Diseases Ordinance 1923\nNo. 5, 1928 Venereal Diseases Ordinance 1928\nNo. 6, 1928 Endemic Diseases Ordinance 1928\nNo. 7, 1933 Venereal Diseases Ordinance 1933\nNo. 2, 1951 Tuberculosis Ordinance 1950\nNo. 11, 1954 Leprosy Ordinance 1954\nNo. 11, 1957 Leprosy Ordinance 1957\nNo. 12, 1957 Endemic Diseases Ordinance 1957\nNo. 35, 1957 Venereal Diseases Ordinance 1957\nNo. 14, 1964 Endemic Diseases Ordinance 1964\nNo. 25, 1964 Tuberculosis Ordinance 1964\nNo. 25, 1976 Venereal Diseases Ordinance 1976\n\nSchedule 2\nNotifiable Diseases Act 1981 22\nSchedule 2\nsection 4\nALL THAT piece of land near East Arm in the Hundred of Bagot\nCounty of Palmerston Northern Territory of Australia containing an\narea of 91.51 hectares more or less being Hundred of Bagot\nPortion 1787 and being more particularly delineated on survey plan\nA 1006 lodged with the Surveyor-General, Darwin.\n\nENDNOTES\nNotifiable Diseases Act 1981 23\nENDNOTES\n1 KEY\nKey to abbreviations\namd = amended od = order\napp = appendix om = omitted\nbl = by-law pt = Part\nch = Chapter r = regulation/rule\ncl = clause rem = remainder\ndiv = Division renum = renumbered\nexp = expires/expired rep = repealed\nf = forms s = section\nGaz = Gazette sch = Schedule\nhdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision\nins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation\nlt = long title sub = substituted\nnc = not commenced\n2 LIST OF LEGISLATION\nNotifiable Diseases Act 1981 (Act No. 34, 1981)\nAssent date 30 March 1981\nCommenced 1 July 1981 (Gaz S7, 26 June 1981)\nCriminal Law (Regulatory Offences) Act 1983 (Act No. 68, 1983)\nAssent date 28 November 1983\nCommenced 1 January 1984 (s 2 s 2 Criminal Code Act 1983 (Act No. 47,\n1983), Gaz G46, 18 November 1983, p 11 and Gaz G8,\n26 February 1986, p 5)\nNotifiable Diseases Amendment Act 1985 (Act No. 46, 1985)\nAssent date 19 September 1985\nCommenced 30 October 1985 (Gaz G43, 30 October 1985, p 10)\nStatute Law Revision Act 1985 (Act No. 49, 1985)\nAssent date 1 October 1985\nCommenced 1 October 1985\nLocal Court (Consequential Amendments) Act 1989 (Act No. 14, 1989)\nAssent date 5 June 1989\nCommenced s 6: 5 June 1989; rem: 1 January 1991 (s 2, s 2 Small Claims\nAmendment Act 1988 (Act No. 43, 1988), Gaz G17,\n3 May 1989, p 2, s 2 Local Court Act 1989 (Act No. 31, 1989)\nand Gaz G49, 12 December 1990, p 2)\nStatute Law Revision Act 1989 (Act No. 60, 1989)\nAssent date 2 October 1989\nCommenced 2 October 1989\n\nENDNOTES\nNotifiable Diseases Act 1981 24\nLocal Court (Consequential Amendments) Act 1990 (Act No. 31, 1990)\nAssent date 11 June 1990\nCommenced s 5: 11 June 1990; rem: 1 January 1991 (s 2, s 2 Small\nClaims Amendment Act 1988 (Act No. 43, 1988), Gaz G17,\n3 May 1989, p 2, s 2 Local Court Act 1989 (Act No. 31, 1989)\nand Gaz G49, 12 December 1990, p 2)\nSentencing (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996 (Act No. 17, 1996)\nAssent date 19 April 1996\nCommenced s 7: 19 April 1996; rem: 1 July 1996 (s 2, s 2 Sentencing Act\n1995 (Act No. 39, 1995) and Gaz S15, 13 June 1996)\nStatute Law Revision Act 1997 (Act No. 17, 1997)\nAssent date 11 April 1997\nCommenced 1 May 1997 (Gaz G17, 30 April 1997, p 2)\nNotifiable Diseases Amendment Act 1998 (Act No. 82, 1998)\nAssent date 7 December 1998\nCommenced 7 April 1999 (Gaz G13, 7 April 1999, p 4)\nPublic and Environmental Health Act 2011 (Act No. 7, 2011)\nAssent date 16 March 2011\nCommenced 1 July 2011 (Gaz S28, 3 June 2011)\nPenalties Amendment (Children and Families, Health and Primary Industry, Fisheries\nand Resources) Act 2011 (Act No. 28, 2011)\nAssent date 31 August 2011\nCommenced 21 September 2011 (Gaz G38, 21 September 2011, p 4)\nEmergency Management Act 2013 (Act No. 27, 2013)\nAssent date 8 November 2013\nCommenced 27 November 2013 (Gaz S63, 27 November 2013)\nLocal Court (Related Amendments) Act 2016 (Act No. 8, 2016)\nAssent date 6 April 2016\nCommenced 1 May 2016 (s 2, s 2 Local Court (Repeals and Related\nAmendments) Act 2016 (Act No. 9, 2016) and Gaz S34,\n29 April 2016)\nHealth Legislation Amendment Act 2021 (Act No. 20, 2021)\nAssent date 23 September 2021\nCommenced 24 September 2021 (s 2)\nStatute Law Amendment (NTCAT Conferral of Jurisdiction) Act 2023 (Act No. 24, 2023)\nAssent date 21 September 2023\nCommenced 27 November 2023 (Gaz G24, 23 November 2023, p 2)\n3 GENERAL AMENDMENTS\nGeneral amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table\nof amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation\nAmendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22, 2018) to: ss 1, 3, 4, 5, 28 and 29.\n\nENDNOTES\nNotifiable Diseases Act 1981 25\n4 LIST OF AMENDMENTS\npt 1 hdg amd No. 20, 2021, s 7\ns 4 amd No. 17, 1997, s 17\ns 5 amd No. 17, 1997, s 17; No. 82, 1998, s 4; No. 7, 2011, s 140\npt II hdg amd No. 20, 2021, s 7\ns 8 amd No. 17, 1997, s 17\nsub No. 82, 1999, s 5\ns 12 amd No. 14, 1989, s 7\nsub No. 24, 2023, s 101\ns 13 amd No. 17, 1997, s 17; No. 24, 2023, s 102\ns 14 amd No. 17, 1997, s 17\ns 16 amd No. 17, 1997, s 17\nsub No. 82, 1999, s 6\npt III hdg amd No. 20, 2021, s 7\ns 17 amd No. 20, 2021, s 4\ns 18 amd No. 17, 1997, s 17\ns 20 amd No. 17, 1997, s 17\ns 21 amd No. 31, 1990, s 7; No. 17, 1997, s 17\ns 23 amd No. 17, 1997, s 17; No. 28, 2011, s 4\ns 25 amd No. 17, 1996, s 6\npt IIIA hdg ins No. 46, 1985, s 4\namd No. 82, 1998, s 7; No. 20, 2021, s 7\ns 26A ins No. 46, 1985, s 4\namd No. 17, 1997, s 17; No. 82, 1998, s 8; No. 20, 2021, s 5\ns 26B ins No. 46, 1985, s 4\ns 26C ins No. 46, 1985, s 4\namd No. 82, 1998, s 9; No. 20, 2021, s 7\ns 26D ins No. 46, 1985, s 4\namd No. 82, 1998, s 10\ns 26E ins No. 46, 1985, s 4\namd No. 82, 1998, s 11; No. 28, 2011, s 4\ns 26F ins No. 46, 1985, s 4\npt IV hdg amd No. 20, 2021, s 7\ns 27 amd No. 17, 1997, s 17\ns 28 amd No. 60, 1989, s 6; No. 27, 2013, s 128\ns 29 amd No. 49, 1985, s 4; No. 28, 2011, s 4\nss 31 – 32 amd No. 17, 1997, s 17\ns 33 amd No. 60, 1989, s 6\nss 34 – 35 amd No. 28, 2011, s 4\ns 38 amd No. 17, 1996, s 6; No. 17, 1997, s 17; No. 28, 2011, s 4\ns 38A ins No. 68, 1983, s 22\ns 39 amd No. 46, 1985, s 5; No. 82, 1998, s 12; No. 28, 2011, s 4; No. 8, 2016,\ns 45; No. 24, 2023, s 103\npt 5 hdg ins No. 20, 2021, s 6\ns 40 ins No. 20, 2021, s 6\nsch 3 amd No. 46, 1985, s 6\nrep No. 82, 1998, s 13\nsch 4 – 5 rep No. 82, 1998, s 13\nsch 6 ins No. 46, 1985, s 7\nrep No. 82, 1998, s 13\npt 6 hdg ins No. 24, 2023, s 104\nss 41 – 45 ins No. 24, 2023, s 104","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The Act has grown significantly beyond its original 1981 purpose of consolidating venereal disease, tuberculosis and leprosy ordinances. The 1985 insertion of Part 3A introduced a specialized liability regime for blood-borne diseases (HIV/AIDS, hepatitis) that is only tangentially related to disease notification. The 2021 and 2023 amendments added administrative review mechanisms (NTCAT jurisdiction) and further refined blood safety protocols. The original Act was about controlling infectious disease spread through notification and isolation; it now functions as a hybrid public health/blood safety statute with complex civil liability shields for medical service providers."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple overlapping parts with distinct purposes: disease notification (Part 2), isolation/quarantine powers (Part 3), blood supply liability (Part 3A), and transitional provisions (Parts 5-6)","Extensive cross-referencing between sections, particularly between the notification requirements (ss 8, 16) and the Gazette notice system","Conditional logic in compensation provisions (ss 21-26) with exceptions to exceptions—e.g., compensation is available unless loss was 'self-induced' (s 22), and special rules for unauthorized persons impersonating officials (s 23)","Nested definitions in Part 3A regarding blood supply liability, including 'specified action', 'transmittable disease', and 'specified requirements' that must all align for defences to apply","Interaction with other statutes including the Emergency Management Act 2013 (s 28), Public and Environmental Health Act 2011 (definition of 'medical officer'), and Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2014 (s 12)","Transitional provisions (Parts 5-6) that preserve old appeal pathways for existing cases while creating new NTCAT jurisdiction for new cases, creating parallel systems temporarily","Evidentiary shortcuts (s 37 'averments') that allow prosecutors to assert facts without immediate proof, shifting burden to defendants","Delegation chains (s 31) creating 'authorized persons' with powers derived from the Chief Health Officer"],"plain_english_summary":"This is the Northern Territory's **Notifiable Diseases Act 1981**, a law that gives the government powers to control the spread of infectious diseases.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Declares diseases as 'notifiable'**: The Minister can officially list diseases (like tuberculosis, COVID-19, or other infectious diseases) that must be reported to health authorities.\n- **Requires reporting**: Doctors must notify the Chief Health Officer when they diagnose someone with a notifiable disease. Labs must also report positive test results.\n- **Tracks contacts**: Infected people must provide details of who they've been in contact with so authorities can trace potential spread.\n- **Allows health orders**: Medical officers can issue written notices requiring infected or 'suspect' people to take specific actions—such as staying home, taking medication, or avoiding contact with others.\n- **Creates isolation areas**: The government can declare specific geographic areas as 'isolation areas' where movement is restricted. People can be detained in these areas, and goods can be destroyed or disinfected.\n- **Provides compensation**: If the government destroys your property or forces you to isolate, you can claim compensation from the Crown (the government), unless you broke the rules first.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- **Everyone in the NT**: Anyone who gets a notifiable disease or might have been exposed to one.\n- **Medical professionals**: Doctors, nurses, and lab staff must report cases and follow protocols.\n- **The Red Cross and hospitals**: Special rules protect blood banks and hospitals from being sued if someone contracts a disease like HIV or hepatitis from a blood transfusion, provided they followed proper testing procedures.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis law balances public health protection with individual rights. It allows the government to take drastic steps—like locking down areas or forcing medical treatment—but includes safeguards like the right to appeal to NTCAT (the Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal) and the right to compensation. It also protects blood donation services from crippling lawsuits while ensuring they follow strict safety standards.\n\n**Key recent changes:**\n- Reviews of health orders now go to NTCAT instead of the Local Court (as of late 2023).\n- Special protections for the Red Cross and hospitals regarding blood-borne diseases were added in the 1980s and updated in 1998 and 2021."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":7,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Yes. The Act has materially expanded since its 1981 origin. Key scope changes include: (1) Part 3A (inserted 1985 and amended subsequently) introduces detailed, disease‑specific liability defences and donor criminality rules for blood‑transmittable diseases, shifting legal exposure away from suppliers and hospitals where specified procedures are followed (ss 26A–26F); (2) modern administrative arrangements and review pathways have been added or altered (NTCAT conferral in 2023, ss 12 and Pt 6), changing who reviews CHO/medical officer decisions; (3) alignment and interaction with newer public health and emergency statutes (Public and Environmental Health Act 2011; Emergency Management Act 2013) and expanded regulatory offence treatment (s 38A, and amendment history) broaden the Act’s operational interface and enforcement tools. These amendments go beyond mere technical updates: they change liability allocation, administrative review fora, and enforcement mechanics, which are substantive extensions of the original disease‑control framework."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple defined terms in s 5 (≈12 core definitions: infected person, suspect person, medical officer, isolation area, etc.)","Several cross‑references to other Acts (Public and Environmental Health Act 2011, Emergency Management Act 2013, Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2014, Local Court provisions)","Numerous discretionary powers vested in different actors (Minister/Administrator, Chief Health Officer, medical officers, authorised persons) (ss 6,17,11,13,18,31)","Part 3A contains conditional statutory defences and exceptions with nested requirements and exceptions (ss 26A–26D)","Criminal, regulatory and civil responses coexist (penalties ss 34–38A; compensation ss 21–25; civil remedy s 26)","Evidentiary presumptions and certificates (ss 26F, 37) that shift burdens in prosecutions and civil claims","Transitional provisions and staged change of review jurisdiction (Part 6) creating temporal complexity for appeals and reviews","Multiple enforcement mechanisms: detention, forfeiture, destruction of goods, orders to close premises, and police powers (ss 13,18–20)","Delegation structure (s 31) with potential for many authorised persons and delegated instruments","Schedules and historical amendments dispersed across many amending Acts (1985–2023) adding different policy elements (e.g. liability shields, NTCAT conferral)"],"plain_english_summary":"The Act centralises how infectious diseases are handled in the Northern Territory: it makes certain diseases notifiable, requires clinicians and labs to report cases, empowers the Chief Health Officer and medical officers to investigate, isolate and control persons, premises and goods, and provides compensation and secrecy rules. It affects infected or suspected individuals, health professionals, hospitals and blood suppliers, property owners in isolation zones, and the Crown — balancing surveillance and enforcement powers with compensation and limited statutory defences for blood‑supply actors."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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