Disclosure requirements
49 Disclosure requirements
(1) If a council member is convicted of any offence, the member must notify the CEO of the conviction as soon as practicable.
(2) The CEO must notify the Agency of the conviction no later than 14 days after the CEO has been notified by the member under subsection (1).
A member commits an offence if:
the member is convicted of an offence; and
does not notify the CEO of the conviction.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.
(4) An offence against subsection (3) is an offence of strict liability.
Note for section 49
If a member is convicted of an offence demonstrating that the member to be unfit to remain in office, NTCAT may determine the member is unfit to be a member under section 133.
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