Councillor Conduct Record of Information

The Local Government Act 1995 requires a Record of Information for behavioural breaches by Council Members to be maintained.

5.96C.    Record of information about conduct

      (1)     The CEO must maintain a record of information about the following —

                  (a)     behavioural breaches by a council member that are found under the local government’s code of conduct to have occurred;

                  (b)     recurrent breaches that are found under section 8A.14(4) to have been committed by a council member;

                  (c)     conduct breaches by a council member that are found under section 8A.18 to have occurred;

                  (d)     specified breaches that are found under section 8A.25 to have been committed by a council member;

                  (e)     orders made under section 8A.14(5), 8A.18(4), 8A.21(2)(b), 8A.25 or 8A.27(2)(b) in respect of a council member;

                  (f)     any other prescribed information about the conduct of a person who is, or of a person when they were, a council member, the CEO or another employee.

      (2)     In subsection (1)(a) to (e), references to a council member include a former council member.

      (3)     The CEO must publish an up‑to‑date version of the record of information on the local government’s official website.

      (4)     Regulations may specify any of the following —

                  (a)     information that must be included in a record of information;

                  (b)     information that must not be included in a record of information;

                  (c)     the period for which information must be kept in a record of information;

                  (d)     the period for which information included in a record of information must be kept on the local government’s official website under subsection (3) (which may be shorter than the period for which the information must be kept in the record of information under paragraph (c)).

               [Section 5.96C inserted: No. 47 of 2024 s. 61.]

There is currently no such complaints recorded.