NTIn ForceAct
Information Act 2002
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70 Law enforcement agencies
A law enforcement agency is not required to comply with an IPP if
the agency believes on reasonable grounds that non-compliance is
necessary for one or more of its or another law enforcement
agency's functions, including the following:
(a) to prevent, detect, investigate, prosecute or punish the
commission of an offence against a law of the Territory or any
other offence or breach of a law imposing a penalty or
sanction for a breach;
(b) to manage property seized or restrained under laws relating to
the confiscation of the proceeds of crime or the enforcement
of those laws or orders under those laws;
(c) to execute or implement an order or decision of a court or
tribunal, including to execute warrants, to provide correctional
services and to make decisions relating to the release of a
person from lawful custody;
(d) to locate missing persons and next of kin;
(e) to provide services in emergency and disaster situations;
(f) if the agency is the Police Force of the Northern Territory – its
community policing function.