Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated ActsIf a councillor has a declarable conflict of interest in a matter, the councillor must not participate in a decision relating to the matter unless the councillor participates in the decision—
(a) in compliance with a decision made under section 177P ; or
(b) under an approval given under section 177S .
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 .