Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to this Act:
(a) a person appointed to the Council under section 9(1)(d) holds office for 3 years from the date he or she is appointed;
(b) a person elected to the Council under section 9(1)(e) or (f) holds office for 3 years from 1 January following the date he or she is elected; and
(c) a person elected to the Council under section 9(1)(g) or (h) holds office for one year from 1 January following the date he or she is elected.
(2) Subject to this section, a person referred to in subsection (1) may be re-appointed or re-elected as a member of the Council.
(3) A person referred to in subsection (1) cannot be re-appointed or re-elected as a member of the Council if, as a result, the person will hold the office for a continuous period of more than 12 years.
(4) If at least two-thirds of the members of the Council agree at a meeting of the Council that subsection (3) should not apply to a person, the person may be re-appointed or re-elected despite that, because of the subsection, the person would not be eligible to be re-appointed or re-elected.