Local Government (Council Amalgamations) Proclamation 2016
20Code of conduct and meeting code
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20 Code of conduct and meeting code
20 Code of conduct and meeting code
(1) The code of conduct for a new council is to be the model code (within the meaning of section 440 of the Act) until a code of conduct is adopted by the council in accordance with the Act.
(2) The procedure for dealing with alleged contraventions of the code of conduct is to be the model procedure (within the meaning of section 440AA of the Act) until a procedure is adopted by the new council in accordance with the Act.
(3) Any provision of a code of meeting practice applied to a new council by this Proclamation that restricts the holding of meetings to places in a former area applies so that the restriction relates to places in the new area.
cl 20: Am 2016 (581), Sch 1.1 [5].