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Local Government Act 1993
440GFormal censure of councillor for misconduct
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#### 440G Formal censure of councillor for misconduct
440G Formal censure of councillor for misconduct
> > (1) A council may by resolution at a meeting formally censure a councillor for misconduct.
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> > (2) (Repealed)
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> > (3) A council may pass a formal censure resolution only if it is satisfied that the councillor has engaged in misconduct on one or more occasions.
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> > (4) The council must specify in the formal censure resolution the grounds on which it is satisfied that the councillor should be censured.
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> > (5) A motion for a formal censure resolution may, without limitation, be moved on the report of a committee of the council and any such report must be recorded in the minutes of the meeting of the council.
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> **s 440G:** Ins 2004 No 73, Sch 1 \[4\]. Subst 2012 No 94, Sch 1 \[12\]. Am 2015 No 37, Sch 1 \[26\].