Part 6Training and development

Part 6—Training and development 80A—Training and development (1) A council must prepare and adopt a training and development policy for its members. (2) The policy— (a) must be aimed at assisting members in the performance and discharge of their functions and duties; and (b) must incorporate the prescribed mandatory requirements and comply with any other requirements prescribed by the regulations; and (c) may specify other requirements relating to the conduct and completion of training and development by members. (2a) A training and development policy of a council may make different provision according to different members of the council. (2b) If a member of a council fails to comply with the prescribed mandatory requirements, the council must suspend the member from the office of member of the council, unless the member satisfies the council that there were good reasons for the failure to comply. (2c) If a council suspends a member of the council under subsection (2b), the chief executive officer must give public notice of the suspension as soon as practicable after determining to suspend the member. (2d) Despite any other Act or law, or any determination of the Remuneration Tribunal, a member of a council suspended under subsection (2b) is not entitled to an allowance under section 76, or reimbursement of expenses, or any other facility, service or form of support, that the member would otherwise be entitled to under this Act, during the period of suspension. (2e) If a member of a council who is suspended under subsection (2b) as a result of failing to comply with the prescribed mandatory requirements satisfies the council that the member has complied with the prescribed mandatory requirements, the council must revoke the suspension and give public notice of the revocation. (2f) If a member of a council is suspended under subsection (2b) for a continuous period of more than the prescribed period, the council must apply to SACAT for an order disqualifying the member from the office of member of the council under this Act. (2g) If a member is disqualified under subsection (2f), the disqualification extends to all other offices held in the member's capacity as a member of the council or by virtue of being a member of the council. (2h) The chief executive officer must maintain a register relating to training and development in accordance with the regulations. (2i) A member of a council must, at the request of the chief executive officer, provide to the chief executive officer, within a period specified in the request, specified information, or information of a specified kind, relating to training and development by the member. (2j) A member of a council must not contravene, or fail to comply with, a request under subsection (2i). (2k) In this section— prescribed mandatory requirements means the requirements prescribed by the regulations relating to training and development that must be completed by members of councils, which may include timeframes for the completion of such training and development. (3) A council may from time to time alter its policy, or substitute a new policy.