Queensland Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 75

(1) This section applies if the commissioner or deputy commissioner constituting a commission established for a reference of a reviewable local government matter or an application for determination of a limited reviewable local government matter--

(a) has a direct or indirect financial interest in an issue relating to the matter; or

(b) could reasonably be otherwise regarded as having a conflict of interest in an issue relating to the matter.

(2) The member must not take part, or take further part, in any consideration of the reviewable local government matter.

(3) As soon as practicable after the member becomes aware of the application of this section to the issue, the member must--

(a) if the member is the commissioner--direct the deputy commissioner to constitute the commission in the commissioner's place; or

(b) if the member is the deputy commissioner--inform the commissioner.

(4) If subsection (3)(b) applies, the commissioner is to constitute the commission in the deputy commissioner's place.