A requirement under cl 25 of the Local Government (Meetings) Regulation for a councillor to apologise for an act of disorder is not spent at the close of the meeting at which the act occurred; it may be reactivated at subsequent meetings and, failing compliance, the councillor may be expelled. A court will generally not make a declaration that a person has not committed a criminal offence except in exceptional circumstances. The question whether the Land and Environment Court has jurisdiction to award damages in Class 4 proceedings was left open.
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