New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 470

470 Circumstances in which Pecuniary Interest and Disciplinary Tribunal may dispense with hearing

(1) After considering the report of the Director-General and any other document or other material lodged with or provided to the Tribunal, the Pecuniary Interest and Disciplinary Tribunal may determine the proceedings without a hearing if:

(a) the person who made the complaint and the person against whom the complaint is made have agreed that the proceedings may be determined without a hearing, and

(b) there are no material facts in dispute between the person who made the complaint and the person against whom the complaint is made, and

(c) in the opinion of the Tribunal, public interest considerations do not require a hearing.

(2) To avoid doubt, a decision by the Pecuniary Interest and Disciplinary Tribunal to determine proceedings into a complaint without a hearing is a decision to which sections 484 (Pecuniary Interest and Disciplinary Tribunal to provide details of its decisions) and 485 (Appeals to Supreme Court) apply.

Note: Section 484 requires the Pecuniary Interest and Disciplinary Tribunal to inform certain parties of decisions in proceedings before it.