Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts16. Requirement for, and consultative nature of, regional management plan
(1) There must be a regional management plan for each region.
(2) A regional management plan is to be primarily the product of consultation:
(a) between interested councils for the region; and
(b) between interested councils for the region and the Agency.
(3) A municipal council may (but is not required to) participate in consultation related to a regional management plan.
Note
Hence a reference in this Part to an interested council for a region is a reference to any council whose area lies within the region except a municipal council that expresses a desire not to be involved in consultation related to the regional management plan.
(4) A regional management plan only binds a municipal council to an extent agreed by the council.
(5) LGANT may participate in consultation related to a regional management plan.