sec.178Councillors

sec.178 Councillors

The annual report for a financial year must contain particulars of— for each councillor, the total remuneration, including superannuation contributions, paid to the councillor during the financial year; and the expenses incurred by, and the facilities provided to, each councillor during the financial year under the council’s expenses reimbursement policy; and the number of council meetings that each councillor attended during the financial year; and the number of each of the following during the financial year— complaints referred to the assessor under the Local Government Act , section 150P (2) (a) by council entities; matters mentioned in the Local Government Act , section 150P (3) notified to the Crime and Corruption Commission; notices given to the assessor under the Local Government Act , section 150R (2) ; notices given to the assessor under the Local Government Act , section 150S (2) (a) ; occasions information was given to the assessor under the Local Government Act , section 150AF (3) (a) ; occasions the council asked another entity to investigate, under the Local Government Act , chapter 5A , part 3 , division 5 for the council, the suspected conduct breach under that Act of a councillor; and the total number of referral notices given to the council under the Local Government Act , section 150AC (1) during the financial year; and for suspected conduct breaches the subject of a referral notice mentioned in paragraph (g) — the total number of suspected conduct breaches; and the total number of suspected conduct breaches for which an investigation was not started or was discontinued under the Local Government Act , section 150AEA ; and the number of matters not decided by the end of the financial year under the Local Government Act , section 150AG (1) ; and the average time taken by the council in making a decision under the Local Government Act , section 150AG (1) . In this section— council entity means the following— the council; a councillor; the chief executive officer. s 178 amd 2013 SL No. 10 s 3 ; 2014 Act No. 21 s 94 (2) sch 2 ; 2019 SL No. 229 s 5 ; 2023 Act No. 30 s 24 ; 2026 Act No. 5 s 35 (sec.178-ssec.1) The annual report for a financial year must contain particulars of— for each councillor, the total remuneration, including superannuation contributions, paid to the councillor during the financial year; and the expenses incurred by, and the facilities provided to, each councillor during the financial year under the council’s expenses reimbursement policy; and the number of council meetings that each councillor attended during the financial year; and the number of each of the following during the financial year— complaints referred to the assessor under the Local Government Act , section 150P (2) (a) by council entities; matters mentioned in the Local Government Act , section 150P (3) notified to the Crime and Corruption Commission; notices given to the assessor under the Local Government Act , section 150R (2) ; notices given to the assessor under the Local Government Act , section 150S (2) (a) ; occasions information was given to the assessor under the Local Government Act , section 150AF (3) (a) ; occasions the council asked another entity to investigate, under the Local Government Act , chapter 5A , part 3 , division 5 for the council, the suspected conduct breach under that Act of a councillor; and the total number of referral notices given to the council under the Local Government Act , section 150AC (1) during the financial year; and for suspected conduct breaches the subject of a referral notice mentioned in paragraph (g) — the total number of suspected conduct breaches; and the total number of suspected conduct breaches for which an investigation was not started or was discontinued under the Local Government Act , section 150AEA ; and the number of matters not decided by the end of the financial year under the Local Government Act , section 150AG (1) ; and the average time taken by the council in making a decision under the Local Government Act , section 150AG (1) . (sec.178-ssec.2) In this section— council entity means the following— the council; a councillor; the chief executive officer.