Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT - SECT 12

(1) The functions of a council include the following:

(a) to plan for the future requirements of its area for local government services;

(b) to provide services and facilities for the benefit of its area, its residents and visitors;

(c) to provide for the interests and well-being of individuals and groups within the council area;

(d) to carry out measures to protect its area from natural and other hazards and to mitigate the effects of such hazards;

(e) to manage and develop council facilities and services in its area in a sustainable way;

(f) to manage and develop for the benefit of its area all the resources available to the council;

(g) other functions assigned to the council under this or any other Act.

(2) The functions of a council may (if the council chooses to exercise them) include the following:

(a) to promote its area as a location for appropriate industries or commerce or as an attractive tourist destination;

(b) to establish or support organisations or programs that benefit the council area.