Obligation of councillor or councillor advisor to inform chief executive officer annually about register of interests
201C Obligation of councillor or councillor advisor to inform chief executive officer annually about register of interests
Each councillor and councillor advisor must, within 30 days after the end of each financial year, inform the chief executive officer, in the approved form, of the following—
if the councillor or councillor advisor, or a person related to the councillor or councillor advisor, has acquired an interest that must be, but is not, recorded in a register of interests under a regulation—the particulars of the interest that must be recorded in the register of interests under a regulation;
if there has been a change to the particulars required to be included in a register of interests under a regulation for the councillor or councillor advisor, or a person who is related to the councillor or advisor—the change to the particulars;
if paragraphs (a) and (b) do not apply—that there has been no interest acquired or change to the particulars for an interest.
Note—
Contravention of this section by a councillor is misconduct that could result in disciplinary action being taken against the councillor—see section 150L(1)(c)(iii). Also, this section is a relevant integrity provision for the offence against section 201D—see section 201D(2), definition relevant integrity provision.
This provision refers to the regulations (a regulation
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This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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