[no bill text published] Criminal Offences and Compliance Obligations for Facility Operators
Marine Facilities (Access and Pricing) Bill 2026
Assembly
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Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
The Utilities Commission of the Northern Territory can force facility operators to provide information; it can also demand documents or records for inspection.
Facility operators of designated facilities cannot unfairly differentiate between service users; this applies if the conduct hurts a user's ability to compete.
Facility operators cannot give themselves or related companies better access terms than they give to competitors.
Facility operators and their staff cannot use a service user's protected information for anything other than providing the service or meeting legal duties.
Courts can grant injunctions against facility operators; they can also order operators to pay compensation for loss or damage.
It is a criminal offence to disclose protected information to unauthorised people; the penalty is up to 2 years in prison or 200 penalty units.
It is a criminal offence to give misleading information or documents to an official; the penalty is up to 2 years in prison or 200 penalty units.
Facility operators face fines of up to 100 penalty units if they ignore a regulator's notice to provide information or records.
Topics
data privacy fair competition information disclosure infrastructure access regulatory compliance utilities