157Related applications

157 Related applications (1) If the Principal Councillor Conduct Registrar receives an application (a ***subsequent application***) that appears to be related to another application for which a Councillor Conduct Panel has already been formed, the Principal Councillor Conduct Registrar must— (a) forward the subsequent application directly to the existing Councillor Conduct Panel; or (b) reject the subsequent application if the Principal Councillor Conduct Registrar considers that the application is frivolous, vexatious, misconceived or lacking in substance. (2) On receipt of the subsequent application, the Councillor Conduct Panel must decide, based on the subject matter of the subsequent application, either— (a) to join the subsequent application to the application the Councillor Conduct Panel was formed to hear; or (b) to return the subsequent application to the Principal Councillor Conduct Registrar without hearing the matter. (3) If the Councillor Conduct Panel returns the subsequent application to the Principal Councillor Conduct Registrar under subsection (2)(b), the Principal Councillor Conduct Registrar must examine the subsequent application in accordance with section 155. S. 157(4)(5) repealed by No. 23/2024 s. 61.