Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts23. Meetings of Council
(1) There are to be not less than 4 meetings of the Council in each year.
(2) The interval between a meeting and the meeting next following is not to exceed 4 months.
(3) The Chairperson must call the meetings of the Council that are necessary for the exercise of its powers and the performance of its functions.
(4) Despite subsection (3), if not less than 1/3 of the members request the Chairperson to call a meeting of the Council, the Chairperson must call a meeting not less than 21 days after receiving the request.
(5) At a meeting of the Council -
(a) the Chairperson or, in the absence of the Chairperson, the Deputy Chairperson or, in the absence of both the Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson, the member elected by the members present from amongst their number must preside;
(b) the quorum is half the number of members for the time being holding office;
(c) each member present has one vote;
(d) questions arising are to be determined by a majority of the votes of the members present and, in the event of an equality of votes, the person presiding over the meeting has a casting vote; and
(e) subject to this Act and the By-laws, the procedure to be followed at or in connection with the meeting is to be determined by the Council.
(6) Subject to a resolution of the Council to the contrary, the Director must attend all meetings of the Council to inform and advise the Council on the matters before it.