(1)  A person may make a complaint against one councillor in relation to the contravention by the councillor of the relevant council's code of conduct.

(2)  A person may make a complaint against more than one councillor in relation to the contravention by the councillors of the relevant council's code of conduct if all the councillors complained against behaved on a particular occasion in such a manner as to commit the same alleged contravention of the code of conduct.

(3)  A complaint is to –

(a) be in writing; and

(b) state the name and address of the complainant; and

(c) state the name of each councillor against whom the complaint is made; and

(d) state the provision of the relevant code of conduct that the councillor has allegedly contravened; and

(e) contain details of the behaviour of each councillor that constitutes the alleged contravention; and

(f) be lodged with the general manager of the relevant council within 6 months after the councillor or councillors against whom the complaint is made allegedly committed the contravention of the code of conduct; and

(fa) be accompanied by a statutory declaration, signed by the complainant or by each complainant, verifying the accuracy of the information contained in the complaint; and

(fb) contain details of all efforts made by the complainant to resolve the issue that is the subject of the complaint; and

(g) be accompanied by any prescribed fee.

(4)  If the subject matter of a complaint by its nature consists of a series of separate incidents that, taken together, form the subject matter, the period referred to in subsection (3)(f) runs from the most recent of the incidents mentioned in the complaint.

(5)  A complaint may not be made by more than 2 complainants jointly.