Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations(1) The Council:
(a) may declare an area within the Council area to be a dog exercise area; and
(b) must specify:
(i) the times when a dog may be exercised in the area; and
(ii) any other conditions applying to the exercising of a dog in the area.
Example for clause (1)(b)(ii)
The Council may impose a condition that female dogs in oestrus are not permitted in a dog exercise area, or are permitted only at certain times.
(2) The Council must publish on its website and in a newspaper circulating in the Council area a notice of its intention to declare a dog exercise area not less than 28 days before making the declaration.
(3) The Council must consider any response from members of the public who reside in the Council area to the notice mentioned in clause (2) before declaring the area to be a dog exercise area.