Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts39. Adjournment of polling
(1) The presiding officer of a polling place may adjourn polling from day to day if the polling is interrupted by -
(a) riot or open violence; or
(b) fire, storm, tempest, flood or a similar occurrence.
(2) The Chief Electoral Officer may adjourn polling at a polling place for a period not exceeding 21 days if, from any cause, the polling place is not open.
(3) If polling is adjourned -
(a) under subsection (1), the presiding officer; or
(b) under subsection (2), the Chief Electoral Officer,
must take steps as he or she thinks necessary or convenient to give public notice of the adjournment as soon as practicable after polling is adjourned.
(4) If polling is adjourned under subsection (1) or (2), only those persons who are entitled to vote in the referendum for the division and who have not already voted are entitled to vote at the adjourned polling.