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Local Government Act 2009
sec.199Improper conduct by local government employees
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### sec.199 Improper conduct by local government employees
This section applies to the following persons—
a local government employee;
a contractor of the local government;
another type of person prescribed by regulation.
The person must not ask for, or accept, a fee or other benefit for doing something as a person mentioned in subsection (1) (a) , (b) or (c) .
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
However, subsection (2) does not apply to—
remuneration paid by the local government; or
a benefit that has only a nominal value.
The person must not unlawfully destroy or damage property of the local government.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
s 199 amd 2012 No. 33 s 140 ; 2020 No. 20 s 116
(sec.199-ssec.1) This section applies to the following persons— a local government employee; a contractor of the local government; another type of person prescribed by regulation.
(sec.199-ssec.2) The person must not ask for, or accept, a fee or other benefit for doing something as a person mentioned in subsection (1) (a) , (b) or (c) . Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
(sec.199-ssec.3) However, subsection (2) does not apply to— remuneration paid by the local government; or a benefit that has only a nominal value.
(sec.199-ssec.4) The person must not unlawfully destroy or damage property of the local government. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
- (a) a local government employee;
- (b) a contractor of the local government;
- (c) another type of person prescribed by regulation.
- (a) remuneration paid by the local government; or
- (b) a benefit that has only a nominal value.