Overview
The Northern Territory Grants Commission was established under the Local Government Grants Commission Act 1986.
It is a requirement under the Commonwealth’s Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act 1995 that there is a local government grants commission in each State and the Northern Territory to make recommendations on the allocation of funding to local governments made under the Act.
Functions
The Commission makes recommendations to the Federal Minister in respect of the amounts of money to be allocated to local governing bodies from the money provided to the Territory by the Commonwealth under the Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act 1995.
The Commission also makes recommendations on such other matters relating to the finances of local governing bodies as the Northern Territory Minister for Local Government, from time to time, refers to the Commission.
