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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 28F

28F. Complaints relating to code of conduct

      (1) A person may make a complaint to a council in relation to an alleged failure of a councillor to comply with any provision of the code of conduct.

      (2) A complaint is to be –

(a) made and lodged in the prescribed manner; and

(b) referred to the Code of Conduct Panel or a Standards Panel as prescribed; and

(c) heard and determined as prescribed.

      (3) A complainant or a councillor who is the subject of a complaint may appeal in the prescribed manner against a decision of the Code of Conduct Panel made in respect of that complaint.

      (4) An appeal under subsection (3) is to be heard and determined by a Standards Panel as prescribed.

      (5) Regulations may prescribe fees in respect of –

(a) the making of a complaint; and

(b) the lodging of an appeal; and

(c) the referral of a complaint.



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