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City of Brisbane Act 2010
sec.186BAutomatic suspension for certain offences
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### sec.186B Automatic suspension for certain offences
A person is automatically suspended as a councillor when the person is charged with a disqualifying offence.
Subsection (3) applies if, when a person is appointed or elected as a councillor, a proceeding for a disqualifying offence against the person has been started but has not ended.
The person is automatically suspended as a councillor when the person’s term as councillor starts.
s 186B ins 2018 No. 9 s 7A
(sec.186B-ssec.1) A person is automatically suspended as a councillor when the person is charged with a disqualifying offence.
(sec.186B-ssec.2) Subsection (3) applies if, when a person is appointed or elected as a councillor, a proceeding for a disqualifying offence against the person has been started but has not ended.
(sec.186B-ssec.3) The person is automatically suspended as a councillor when the person’s term as councillor starts.