Local Government Act 2019
128Procedure of prescribed corporation panel
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128 Procedure of prescribed corporation panel (1) The prescribed corporation panel may summarily reject a complaint referred under section 124(3) or an application to consider a complaint under section 126(3) without considering the complaint if the prescribed corporation panel is satisfied that: (a) the complaint would more appropriately form the subject matter of a criminal charge; or (b) the complaint is frivolous, vexatious or lacking in substance. (2) If the prescribed corporation panel summarily rejects a complaint under subsection (1)(b), the prescribed corporation panel must give a decision notice to the complainant and the respondent as soon as practicable after making the decision. (3) If the prescribed corporation panel decides to proceed to consider the complaint, the prescribed corporation panel must give the complainant and the respondent an opportunity to make representations to the panel. (4) The prescribed corporation panel must decide an application to consider a complaint under section 126(3) as if the council or the council panel had not made a decision in relation to the complaint.