Local Government Act 1993

A council must refund to each complainant who has lodged a code of conduct complaint, in equal shares, any fee paid with the lodgement in accordance with section 28V(3)(g) in any of the following circumstances:the complaint is referred to the Director under section 28Z(1)(b) and is accepted by the Director; the whole complaint is referred to a person or other authority on initial assessment under section 28ZA(1)(c) and is accepted by that person or authority; the whole complaint is withdrawn at any time before it is referred to the Code of Conduct Panel under section 28Z(1)(a); the complaint or part of the complaint is upheld on determination by the investigating Panel for the complaint; all councillors against whom the complaint is made resign or lose the office of councillor before the complaint is dealt with as specified in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d), as the case requires.

A refund under subsection (1) is to be made within 30 days after the circumstances, specified in that subsection, that resulted in the refund being payable under this section.