Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A person is
disqualified for membership of a council if the person —
(a) has
been convicted of a crime and is in prison serving a sentence for that crime;
or
(b) has
been convicted in the preceding 5 years of a serious local government
offence.
(2) A court that has
sentenced a person for a serious local government offence may make an
order —
(a)
waiving the application of subsection (1)(b); or
(b)
reducing the period of 5 years mentioned in subsection (1)(b),
and the court’s
order has effect in accordance with its terms.
(3) In this
section —
former provisions means the Local Government
Act 1960 4 as in force before the commencement of this Act;
serious local government offence means an offence
against this Act or the former provisions for which an
offender —
(a)
could be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of, or exceeding the period
prescribed for the purposes of this section; or
(b)
could be sentenced to pay a fine of or exceeding the amount prescribed for the
purposes of this section.