Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts36B. Commissioner and Association to recommend certain members of Tribunal
(1) The Minister may only appoint a person to be the Minister's nominee or the deputy of the Minister's nominee if the person is not a member of the Police Force.
(2) If there is a vacancy in the office of -
(a) the Minister's nominee or the deputy of the Minister's nominee - the Minister must give notice in writing to the Commissioner and the Commissioner for Public Employment requesting them to recommend in writing a person to the office within 30 days after the notice is given; or
(b) the Police Association's nominee or the deputy of the Police Association's nominee - the Minister must give notice in writing to the Police Association requesting the Association to recommend in writing a person to the office within 30 days after the notice is given.
(3) The Minister may only appoint a person to be the Minister's nominee or the deputy of the Minister's nominee after -
(a) the Minister has received a recommendation in writing from the Commissioner and the Commissioner for Public Employment; or
(b) 30 days after notice is given by the Minister under subsection (2)(a).
(4) The Minister may only appoint a person to be the Police Association's nominee or the deputy of the Police Association's nominee if the person is recommended for appointment in a notice to the Minister given by the Police Association.
(5) Subsection (4) does not apply if the Police Association has not recommended a person in writing within 30 days after notice is given by the Minister under subsection (2)(b) to be the Police Association's nominee or the deputy of the Police Association's nominee.