Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts42. Employee wishing to vote
(1) Subject to subsection (2), if an elector notifies his or her employer that the elector desires leave of absence to enable him or her to vote at a referendum, the employer must, if the absence desired is necessary to enable the employee to vote at the referendum, allow him or her leave of absence, without a penalty or disproportionate deduction of pay, for a reasonable period, not exceeding 2 hours, that is necessary to enable the employee to vote at the referendum.
(2) An employee must not, under pretence that he or she intends to vote at a referendum, but without the bona fide intention of so doing, obtain leave of absence under this section.
Penalty: $100.
(3) This section does not apply to an elector whose absence may cause danger or substantial loss in respect of the employment in which the elector is engaged.