Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) The Administrator may, by Gazette notice, make any disposition of property or rights and liabilities in relation to a local government council that may be desirable as a consequence of:
(a) the constitution or abolition of a local government area; or
(b) the merging of 2 or more local government areas; or
(c) the division of a local government area into 2 or more local government areas; or
(d) a change to the boundaries of a local government area.
(2) The Minister may also, by Gazette notice, exercise the power conferred by subsection (1).
(3) On application for registration of a disposition of an interest in land made by the Administrator or the Minister under subsection (1), the Registrar-General must make appropriate entries in the land register.