Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT - SECT 23

(1) A municipal or shire plan:

(a) must contain:

(i) a service delivery plan for the period to which the municipal or shire plan relates prepared in accordance with planning requirements specified in a relevant regional management plan; and

(ii) the council's budget; and

(b) must contain, or incorporate by reference:

(i) any long-term community or strategic plans adopted by the council or a local board and relevant to the period to which the municipal or shire plan relates; and

(ii) the council's long-term financial plan; and

(c) must contain, or incorporate by reference, the council's most recent assessment of:

(i) the adequacy of constitutional arrangements presently in force for the council under this Act and, in particular, whether they provide the most effective possible representation for the area; and

(ii) the opportunities and challenges for local government service delivery in the council's area; and

(iii) possible changes to the administrative and regulatory framework for delivering local government services in the council's area over the period to which the plan relates; and

(iv) whether possibilities exist for improving local government service delivery by cooperation with other councils, or with government agencies or other organisations; and

(d) must define indicators for judging the standard of its performance.

(2) A council must make or revise an assessment of the matters mentioned in subsection (1)(c) at least once in the council's term and, until the council makes or revises the assessment, the municipal or shire plan is to include the assessment (if any) made during the previous term of the council.

(3) A municipal or shire plan incorporates a plan or assessment by reference if it refers to the plan or assessment and includes a link or reference to a webpage on which the plan or assessment is accessible.