Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The officer in charge of a voting centre may adjourn voting at the place on election day if because of riot, violence, fire, storm, flood or another similar event it is not practicable to proceed with voting.
(2) If, under subsection (1), the officer in charge of a voting centre adjourns voting at the place, the officer must immediately notify the Commission.
(3) The Commission must decide a day (that is as soon as practicable, but no later than 21 days, after the adjournment) as the day when voting is to resume if the Commission reasonably believes it is not reasonably practicable for an elector affected by the adjournment to cast a vote at another voting centre.
(4) If it is impracticable to resume the voting at the same voting centre, the Commission must decide the voting centre where voting may be resumed.
(5) The Commission must, as soon as practicable, give the public notice that is reasonable in the circumstances of the adjournment and any decision under subsection (3) or (4).
(6) On the resumption of voting, only an elector who was entitled to vote on the day when voting for the election for the division was required to be held and who has not already voted is entitled to vote.