Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts12. Request for election of members
(1) For the purpose of constituting the first Council, the Director must request each group of persons who will be represented by a member referred to in section 10(3)(c), (d) or (e) to elect a person as the member.
(2) Subject to section 19, if there is a vacancy in the office of a member referred to in section 10(3)(c), (d) or (e), the Director must request the group of persons represented by the member to elect another member.
(3) The request under subsection (1) or (2) is to -
(a) be in writing and made in the manner and form the Director considers appropriate;
(b) specify the person to whom notice of the result of the election is to be given; and
(c) specify the date by which notice of the result is to be received by that person.
(4) The request is to be complied with by the persons to whom it is directed.