50Secrecy

50 Secrecy (1) Subject to this section, a person who is or has been: (b) a Territory employee; or (c) contracted by the Territory to provide a service in connection with the administration of this Act; or (d) an employee of a person referred to in paragraph (c), must not, directly or indirectly, other than for the purposes of this Act or the contract: (e) make a record of, or communicate to a person, information concerning the affairs of another person acquired by him or her under this Act because of that office, employment or contract; or (f) produce to a person, or permit a person to have access to, a document furnished to him or her for the purposes of this Act. Maximum penalty: 4 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the communication of information or the production of a document by: (a) the Secretary or a person authorised by the Secretary to another Territory employee for purposes related to the administration or enforcement of this Act; or

Part VI Miscellaneous Mineral Royalty Act 1982 46 (b) the Secretary or a person authorised by the Secretary to the Auditor-General performing a function or exercising of a power under the Audit Act 1995 or another Act in relation to an audit relating to the Agency responsible for this Act; or (c) a Territory employee performing a function under this Act to a Territory employee performing a function under an Act administered by the Commissioner of Territory Revenue for the purpose of enabling the second-mentioned Territory employee to carry out the second-mentioned function; or (d) a Territory employee performing a function under this Act to a Territory employee performing a function under the Mineral Titles Act 2010 or the Petroleum Act 1984, where the communication or production is necessary for the efficient administration of this Act; or (da) a Territory employee, in the course of official functions for purposes related to the Commonwealth Grants Commission Act 1973 (Cth), to the following: (i) another Territory employee; (ii) the Commonwealth Grants Commission (CGC) established under the Commonwealth Grants Commission Act 1973 (Cth); (iii) a third party designated by the CGC, in relation to information requested by the CGC; or (e) a Territory employee performing a function under this Act to the Commonwealth in relation to the payment of an amount of royalty under this Act by a holder of a mining tenement on Aboriginal land within the meaning of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 of the Commonwealth; or (ea) a Territory employee exercising or performing a power, duty or function in accordance with an arrangement made under section 7 of the Uranium Royalty (Northern Territory) Act 2009 (Cth) to the Commonwealth; or (eb) a Territory employee performing a function under this Act or exercising or performing a power, duty or function under the Uranium Royalty (Northern Territory) Act 2009 (Cth) to another Territory employee, where the communication is necessary for the efficient administration of that Commonwealth Act.