Queensland Consolidated Acts

CITY OF BRISBANE ACT 2010 - SECT 177H

177H Councillor must not participate in decisions

(1) If a councillor has a prescribed conflict of interest in a matter, the councillor must not participate in a decision relating to the matter.

Note—

Contravention of this section is misconduct under the Local Government Act that could result in disciplinary action being taken against a councillor—see section 150L (1) (c) (iv) of that Act. Also, this section is a relevant integrity provision for the offence against section 198D —see section 198D (2) , definition relevant integrity provision .

(2) However, the councillor does not contravene subsection (1) by participating in a decision under an approval given under section 177S .