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Local Government Act 2009
sec.175KAutomatic suspension for certain offences
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### sec.175K 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 175K (prev s 182A) ins 2018 No. 9 s 25A
renum 2019 No. 30 s 115
(sec.175K-ssec.1) A person is automatically suspended as a councillor when the person is charged with a disqualifying offence.
(sec.175K-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.175K-ssec.3) The person is automatically suspended as a councillor when the person’s term as councillor starts.