Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations

TIMBER CREEK COMMUNITY GOVERNMENT CONSTITUTION

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Clause

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of scheme
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Repeal, replacement and transitionals
   4.      Interpretation
   5.      Community government area
   6.      Wards

   PART 2 - COUNCIL

   7.      Name of council
   8.      Members of council
   9.      President and Vice-President
   10.     Meetings of council
   11.     Proxies
   12.     Meetings to be open
   13.     Procedure at meetings of council

   PART 3 - FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF COUNCIL

   14.     Functions
   15.     Powers

   PART 4 - ELECTIONS

   16.     Eligibility to vote
   17.     Electoral rolls
   18.     Date of elections
   19.     Notice of elections
   20.     Content of election notice
   21.     Nominations
   22.     Declaration or election of members
   23.     Ballot-papers
   24.     Polling officials
   25.     Polling places
   26.     Ballot-box
   27.     Exhibition of ballot-box
   28.     Hours of polling
   29.     Scrutineers
   30.     Entitlement to vote
   31.     Presence in polling place
   32.     Voting procedure
   33.     Postal voting
   34.     Counting of votes
   35.     Re-count
   36.     Declaration of result
   37.     Transmission of details to Minister
   38.     Retaining ballot-papers
   39.     Adjournment of polling in emergency
   40.     Vacancies in membership and by-elections
   41.     Conduct of election where clerk a member
   42.     Resignation of council
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2