Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) Within 21 days after declaring rates, the council must publish notice of the rates:
(a) on its website; and
(b) in a newspaper circulating generally in the council's area.
(2) The notice must:
(a) give details of the rates, including the relevant interest rate that accrues on any unpaid rates for the financial year; and
(b) state the date on which payment of the rates fall due; and
(c) if the council has resolved to allow payment by instalment – state the date on which each instalment falls due for payment; and
(d) give details of any discount or other concession or benefit the council has resolved to allow for prompt payment of the rates in full.
(3) Failure to publish the notice within the time limit fixed by subsection (1) does not invalidate the declaration.