New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 482

482 Decision of Pecuniary Interest and Disciplinary Tribunal-pecuniary interest matters

(1) The Pecuniary Interest and Disciplinary Tribunal may, if it finds a complaint against a councillor is proved:

(a) counsel the councillor, or

(b) reprimand the councillor, or

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

(d) disqualify the councillor from holding civic office for a period not exceeding 5 years, or

(e) suspend the councillor’s right to be paid any fee or other remuneration, to which the councillor would otherwise be entitled as the holder of the civic office, in respect of a period not exceeding 6 months (without suspending the councillor from civic office for that period).

(2) If it finds a complaint against an employee of the council is proved, the Pecuniary Interest and Disciplinary Tribunal may:

(a) counsel the employee, or

(b) reprimand the employee, or

(c) recommend that the council take specified disciplinary action against the employee (including counselling or reprimanding the employee), or

(d) recommend dismissal of the employee.

(3) The Pecuniary Interest and Disciplinary Tribunal may, if it finds a complaint against a member of a council committee is proved:

(a) counsel the member, or

(b) reprimand the member, or

(c) suspend the member from office as member of the committee for a period not exceeding 6 months, or

(d) disqualify the member from holding office as a member of any committee of that council for a period not exceeding 5 years.

(4) The Pecuniary Interest and Disciplinary Tribunal may, if it finds a complaint against an adviser to a council is proved:

(a) counsel the adviser, or

(b) reprimand the adviser, or

(c) suspend the adviser from office as adviser for a period not exceeding 6 months, or

(d) disqualify the adviser from holding office as an adviser to that council for a period not exceeding 5 years.