Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts17. Content of regional management plan
(1) A regional management plan:
(a) must address:
(i) the opportunities and challenges for local government service delivery in the region; and
(ii) the administrative and regulatory framework for local government service delivery throughout the region; and
(iii) ways of improving service delivery by cooperation between councils, or between councils and government agencies or other organisations; and
(b) must define, for shire councils within the region, the core local government services, and where they are to be delivered, in the region.
(2) A regional management plan may provide for the joint management of facilities within the region for the benefit of residents within the region.
Examples
1 A regional management plan could provide for the joint management of a cemetery or a waste management facility for the mutual benefit of 2 or more areas - and perhaps for the formation of a local government subsidiary to manage and operate the cemetery or waste management facility on behalf of the councils.
2 A regional management plan could provide for consultation and cooperation between a council or councils and the appropriate Land Council in accordance with a memorandum of understanding between them.