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City of Brisbane Act 2010
sec.108Councillors liable for loans to individuals
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### sec.108 Councillors liable for loans to individuals
The council must not, either directly or indirectly, make or guarantee a loan to an individual.
Guarantee a loan includes provide a security in connection with a loan.
The councillors who knowingly agree to loan the money are jointly and severally liable to pay the council—
the amount of the loan; and
interest on the amount of the loan, at the rate at which interest accrues on overdue rates, calculated from the day of the borrowing to the day of repayment; and
any fees, charges, penalties or other expenses incurred by the council in relation to the loan.
Those amounts may be recovered as a debt payable to the council.
(sec.108-ssec.1) The council must not, either directly or indirectly, make or guarantee a loan to an individual.
(sec.108-ssec.2) Guarantee a loan includes provide a security in connection with a loan.
(sec.108-ssec.3) The councillors who knowingly agree to loan the money are jointly and severally liable to pay the council— the amount of the loan; and interest on the amount of the loan, at the rate at which interest accrues on overdue rates, calculated from the day of the borrowing to the day of repayment; and any fees, charges, penalties or other expenses incurred by the council in relation to the loan.
(sec.108-ssec.4) Those amounts may be recovered as a debt payable to the council.
- (a) the amount of the loan; and
- (b) interest on the amount of the loan, at the rate at which interest accrues on overdue rates, calculated from the day of the borrowing to the day of repayment; and
- (c) any fees, charges, penalties or other expenses incurred by the council in relation to the loan.