Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations65. Electoral costs and expenses
(1) The reasonable costs and expenses of conducting an election (including the returning officer's remuneration) are payable from the funds of the relevant council and may be recovered from the council as a debt.
(2) The reasonable costs and expenses of conducting an election are to be determined in accordance with an agreement between the council and the returning officer or, if there is no such agreement, by the court in which an action for recovery of the costs and expenses is brought.