Northern Territory Consolidated Acts78. Making or adoption of code of conduct
(1) A council may, by ordinary resolution:
(a) make or adopt a code of conduct; or
(b) amend its code of conduct.
(2) Unless a council has a code of conduct that the council has itself made or adopted, the provisions set out in Schedule 2 constitute the council's code of conduct.
(3) If a code of conduct made or adopted by a council is in any respect less stringent than a provision in Schedule 2, the relevant provision of Schedule 2 applies as a provision of the council's code.