Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts68. Service authority may make contribution plans
(1) A service authority may prepare a proposed contribution plan.
(2) A service authority that prepares a proposed contribution plan may, by notice in a newspaper circulating in the Territory or, if the service authority is a local authority, in a newspaper circulating in the council area in respect of the local authority, notify the public:
(a) of the exhibition of the proposed contribution plan and the place where it may be viewed; and
(b) that submissions may be made in relation to the plan.
(3) If a service authority gives notice under subsection (2), the proposed contribution plan must be exhibited at the place specified in the notice for not less than 28 days.
(4) If a service authority:
(a) has complied with subsections (2) and (3) and the prescribed requirements, if any, in relation to the making of a contribution plan; and
(b) has considered all submissions made in relation to the plan,
it may:
(c) make the proposed plan; or
(d) amend the proposed plan and make the proposed plan as amended.
(5) If a service authority makes a contribution plan under subsection (4), the plan takes effect:
(a) on the publication of a notice in the Gazette specifying that the contribution plan has been made and where copies of the plan may be viewed or purchased; or
(b) if a later date is specified in the notice - on the date specified.
(6) A service authority must ensure that all contribution plans proposed or made by it are available for inspection and purchase by members of the public.
(7) A contribution plan cannot, in any legal proceedings commenced after the expiration of 90 days after the date on which the notice in relation to the plan appears in the Gazette under subsection (5), be declared to be of no effect by virtue only of a defect or irregularity in the procedure prescribed by or under this Act for making a contribution plan.