440GFormal censure of councillor for misconduct

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.

(2) (Repealed)

(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.

(4) The council must specify in the formal censure resolution the grounds on which it is satisfied that the councillor should be censured.

(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.

s 440G: Ins 2004 No 73, Sch 1 [4]. Subst 2012 No 94, Sch 1 [12]. Am 2015 No 37, Sch 1 [26].