Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations42. Adjournment of polling
(1) The officer in charge of a polling place may adjourn polling at the place on polling day if because of riot, violence, fire, storm, flood or another similar event it is not practicable to proceed with polling.
(2) The officer must immediately notify the returning officer of an adjournment under subregulation (1).
(3) The returning officer must decide a day (as soon as practicable, and no later than 21 days, after the adjournment) as the day when polling is to resume if the returning officer believes it is not reasonably practicable for an elector affected by the adjournment to cast a vote at another polling place.
(4) If it is impracticable to resume the polling at the same polling place, the returning officer must decide the polling place where polling may be resumed.
(5) The returning officer must, as soon as practicable, give such notice as is reasonable in the circumstances of the adjournment and any decision under subregulation (3) or (4).