New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS ACT 1983 - SECT 211A

211A Decision of Pecuniary Interest and Disciplinary Tribunal-misbehaviour matters

(1) This section applies where a matter has been referred to the Pecuniary Interest and Disciplinary Tribunal under section 181K.

(2) The Tribunal may, if it finds that the behaviour concerned of a councillor or Board member warrants action under this section:

(a) counsel the councillor or Board member, or

(b) reprimand the councillor or Board member, or

(c) suspend the councillor or Board member from office for a period not exceeding 6 months, or

(d) if the referral relates to a councillor who is an officer of the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council, remove the councillor from that office, or

(e) disqualify the councillor or Board member from holding office as a councillor or Board member for a period not exceeding 5 years.

(3) The Tribunal may, if it finds that the behaviour concerned of a member of staff of an Aboriginal Land Council warrants action under this section:

(a) counsel the member of staff, or

(b) reprimand the member of staff, or

(c) recommend that the Council take specified disciplinary action against the member of staff (including counselling or reprimanding the member of staff), or

(d) recommend the dismissal of the member of staff, or

(e) disqualify the member of staff from holding office in an Aboriginal Land Council for a period not exceeding 5 years.

(4) In this section, "member of staff" has the same meaning as it has in Division 3A.