Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (ELECTORAL) REGULATIONS - SECT 10

(1) At the appropriate time, the returning officer must:

(a) declare the names of the duly nominated candidates for election; and

(b) if a ballot paper is to be prepared for the election - determine by lot the order of the candidates' names on the ballot paper.

(2) In deciding whether a nominated candidate is eligible to stand for election, the returning officer is entitled (but not required) to rely on the declaration of eligibility accompanying the nomination.

(3) If the number of candidates nominated does not exceed the number of offices to be filled, the returning officer must declare the relevant candidates elected.

(4) However, if the same person is a candidate for election as the principal member, and as an ordinary member, of the council, the returning officer is not to declare the candidate elected as an ordinary member of the council unless and until it is clear that the candidate has failed to secure election as the principal member of the council.

(5) In subregulation (1):

appropriate time means:

(a) 3 pm on the day following nomination day; or

(b) some other time (not earlier than 12 noon on nomination day and not later than 6 pm on the third day after nomination day) fixed by the returning officer and notified to all persons nominated as candidates for election.