Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations66. Immunity from personal liability
(1) No civil or criminal liability attaches to the returning officer or any other authorised officer for an honest act or omission in the performance, or purported performance, of functions related to the conduct of an election.
(2) A civil liability that would, but for this regulation, attach to the returning officer or another authorised officer, attaches instead to the council.