Local Government Act 2020

A Chief Executive Officer must develop and implement a code of conduct for members of Council staff.

A code of conduct for members of Council staff must include a gift policy that contains—

a requirement for members of Council staff to disclose all gifts above a specified level; and

provisions providing for disclosed gifts to be recorded in a gift register.

A code of conduct for members of Council staff must include—

procedures for dealing with alleged and actual breaches of conflict of interest under this Act; and

provisions for the Chief Executive Officer to take disciplinary action against a member of Council staff.

The Chief Executive Officer must ensure that members of Council staff have access to the code of conduct for members of Council staff.

A Chief Executive Officer must develop and implement the first code of conduct for members of Council staff under this section within 6 months of the commencement of this section.

Until the first code of conduct for members of Council staff under this section is developed and implemented, the code of conduct for Council staff implemented under section 95AA of the Local Government Act 1989 applies as if it had been developed and implemented under this section.