Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
1. Local government is a distinct and essential sphere of government.
2. The system of local government:
3. The rights and interests of Indigenous traditional owners, as enshrined in the
4. This Act therefore seeks to provide a legislative framework:
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Definitions
4. Associates
5. Agency
6. Act to bind the Territory and other jurisdictions
7. Local government system
8. Municipalities and shires
9. Power to establish local government etc.
10. Consequential adjustment of rights and liabilities
11. Principal role of council
12. Functions of a council
13. Objectives of a council
14. Operations outside area
15. Division of Territory into regions
16. Requirement for, and consultative nature of, regional management plan
17. Content of regional management plan
18. Term, revision and amendment of regional management plans
19. Preparation and revision of regional management plans
20. Agency to report annually on service delivery
21. Public accessibility of regional management plans and related documents
22. Municipal or shire plan
23. Contents of municipal or shire plan
24. Annual review of municipal or shire plan
25. Council to be body corporate etc.
26. How council acts in its corporate capacity
27. Local government subsidiary
28. Corporate identity and functions of local government subsidiary
29. Constitution of local government subsidiary
30. Reporting obligations
31. Abolition of local government subsidiary
32. Delegation
33. Composition of council
34. Vacancy etc. in office of member
35. Role of members
36. Eligibility for membership
37. Disqualification
38. Basic term of office
39. Casual vacancies
40. Determination of eligibility for office
41. Immunity from liability
42. Mayor or President
43. Role of principal member (and deputy or acting principal member)
44. Election or appointment of principal member
45. Appointment or election of principal member (and deputy)
46. Term of office and casual vacancies
47. Council office
48. Object
49. Establishment of local boards
50. Petition for establishment of local boards
51. Constitution of local boards
52. Functions of local boards
53. Procedure
54. Council committees
55. Nature of committee's functions
56. Control and direction by the council
57. Procedure
58. Nature and timing of council meetings
59. Convening of meetings
60. Business to be considered at a meeting
61. Procedure at meeting
62. Timing of meetings of local boards and council committees
63. Convening of meetings
64. Procedure at meeting
65. Meetings to be open to the public
66. Postponement of meeting
67. Minutes
68. Calling meeting of electors
69. Procedure at meeting
70. Effect of resolution passed at meeting of electors
71. Allowances
72. Expenses
73. Conflict of interest
74. Disclosure of interest
75. Improper disclosure of information
76. Improper use of information
77. Obligation to have code of conduct
78. Making or adoption of code of conduct
79. Complaints of breach of code of conduct
80. Establishment and composition of disciplinary committees
81. Procedure of disciplinary committee
82. Right of appeal
83. Removal of member from office
84. Minister's power to call general election
85. Periodic general elections
86. By-elections
87. Entitlement to vote
88. Electoral rolls
89. Conduct of elections and polls
90. Voting
91. Disputing validity of election or poll
92. Service of application
93. Inquiries by Tribunal
94. Powers of Tribunal
95. Exclusive method of challenge
96. Minister's powers in relation to election
97. Interference with proper conduct of election or poll
98. Secrecy of vote
99. Electoral campaign material
100. CEO
101. Role and functions of CEO
102. Delegation by CEO
103. Other staff of the council
104. Principles of human resource management
105. Statement of employment policies
106. Standards to be observed by council staff
107. Conflict of interest
108. Disclosure of confidential information
109. Portability of long service leave rights
110. Resignation to contest election
111. Immunity from personal liability
112. Appointment of authorised persons
113. Powers of authorised persons
114. Identity cards for authorised persons
115. Power to require statement of name and address
116. Power to enter land or premises
117. Assistance of police
118. Obstruction
119. Authorised deposit accounts
120. Segregation of certain money
121. Investment
122. Meaning of borrowing
123. Council's power to borrow
124. Security for borrowing
125. Security over general revenue
126. Long-term financial plan
127. Annual budgets
128. Adoption of budget or amendment
129. Accounting records
130. Availability of records for inspection
131. Annual financial statement
132. Reference of annual financial statement for audit
133. Auditor
134. Appointment by the Minister
135. Annual audit
136. Other audits
137. Assistance to be provided to the auditor
138. Power of Minister to make rectification order
139. Non-compliance with order
140. Categorisation of land
141. Rateable land
142. Conditionally rateable land
143. Urban farm land
144. Exempt land
145. Special cases
146. Apportionment where land rateable for part only of a financial year
147. Allotments
148. Basis of rates
149. Basis of assessed value
150. Joint and several liability
151. Principal ratepayer for an allotment
152. Assessment record
153. Notifications to be given by ratepayers
154. Correction of record
155. General rates
156. Special rates
157. Imposition of charges
158. Public notice
159. Rates notice
160. Discount for prompt payment
161. Payment by instalment
162. Accrual of interest on overdue rates
163. Remission of interest
164. Rate concessions
165. Rate concession to alleviate financial hardship
166. Correction of anomalies in operation of rating system
167. Public benefit concessions
168. Extended meaning of
169. Recovery by action
170. Overdue rates to be a charge on land
1. Rates do not become a charge on land unless the owner of the land is a ratepayer who is liable for the rates that are in arrears.
2. Rates cannot become a charge on land within an Aboriginal community living area.
171. Registration of charge
172. Effect of registered charge
173. Power to sell land for non-payment of rates
174. Pre-conditions of sale
175. Sale of land
176. Proceeds of sale
177. Correction of errors
178. Acquisition of property
179. Assumption of care control and management of land
180. Power to develop and improve land
181. Power to act as trustee
182. Power to deal with and dispose of property
183. Reserves
184. Public cemeteries
185. Roads
186. Care control and management of roads
187. Closing of roads
188. Power to make by-laws
189. Principles applying to by-laws
190. Making by-laws
191. Model by-laws
192. Register of by-laws and certified copies
193. Visual pollution
194. Mitigation of hazard or nuisance
195. Animals and activities involving animals
196. Review of orders
197. Time for carrying out work under regulatory order
198. Non-compliance with order
199. Annual reports
200. Information to be publicly available
201. Suppression of certain information
202. Inspectors
203. Identity cards for inspectors
204. Functions of an inspector
205. Program of compliance reviews
206. Carrying out of compliance review
207. Agency must report on results of compliance review
208. Investigations
209. Power of entry and access
210. Power of formal questioning
211. Inspector's report
212. Power to commence proceedings to recover loss
213. Power to impose surcharge
214. Recovery of surcharge
215. Establishment of commission of inquiry
216. Commissioner's terms of office
217. Conduct of inquiry
218. Evidentiary powers of commission
219. Legal representation
220. Re-opening of inquiry
221. Report of commission of inquiry
222. Suggested action to remedy deficiencies
223. Power to require action to remedy deficiencies
224. Official management of councils
225. Official manager
226. Election after dismissal of members
227. Reviewable decisions
228. Right to apply for review
229. Consideration of application by administrative review committee
230. Council's decision on recommendation
231. Appeal against council's final decision on review
232. Local Government Tribunal
233. Constitution of Tribunal
234. Registrars of the Tribunal
235. Evidence and procedure before the Tribunal
236. Witnesses
237. Jurisdiction of Tribunal
238. Stay of effect of decisions and orders
239. Costs
240. Appeals to the Supreme Court
241. Power to make rules
242. Continuance of the Local Government Association
243. Application of Criminal Code
244. Commencement of legal proceedings on behalf of council
245. Infringement notice offences
246. Monetary penalties
247. Recovery of damages
248. Service of documents on council
249. Service of documents by council
250. Judicial notice to be taken of certain facts
251. Certified copies of minutes
252. Evidence of land ownership
253. Misleading representations
254. Occupier entitled to carry out work on land
255. Owner entitled to re-enter land to carry out work
256. Certificates
257. Acquisition of property
258. Guidelines
259. Regulations
260. Acts repealed
261. Definitions
262. Constitution of new councils
263. Continuation of existing nominees, appointees etc.
264. Continuation of existing councils
265. Special provisions for Top End councils
266. Roads
267. Approved proposal for rating conditionally rateable land in the 2008/2009 financial year
268. Rating limitations for early period of the operation of this Act
269. Dissolution of Binjari Community Government Council
270. Preservation of local government functions of Nhulunbuy Corporation Limited
271. Special provision permitting certain councils to establish policy of allowing Chair of council meeting to exercise casting vote
272. Continuation of
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