Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) A council must establish a Code of Conduct Panel to hear and determine a complaint in respect of the alleged failure of a councillor to comply with a provision of the code of conduct.
(2) A Code of Conduct Panel is to consist of 2 members appointed by the council of whom one is a person of good standing in the community and is not or has not been a councillor or employee of that council within the previous 5 years.
(3) The person of good standing appointed under subsection (2) is the chairperson of a Code of Conduct Panel.
(4) At the first ordinary meeting after an ordinary election, a council is to nominate 3 councillors, other than the mayor.
(5) The chairperson of a Code of Conduct Panel is to select one of the councillors nominated under subsection (4) to be the second member of the Code of Conduct Panel in respect of a complaint.
(6) Both members of a Code of Conduct Panel must be present to hear and determine a complaint.