Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations

WATIYAWANU COMMUNITY GOVERNMENT SCHEME

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Clause

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of scheme
   2.      Definitions
   3.      Community government area

   PART 2 - COUNCIL

   4.      Community Government Council
   5.      Common Seal
   6.      Members of council
   7.      President and Vice-President
   8.      Meetings of council
   9.      Meetings to be open
   10.     Procedure at meetings of council

   PART 3 - FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF COUNCIL

   11.     Functions
   12.     Powers

   PART 4 - ELECTIONS

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