Queensland Consolidated Acts

CITY OF BRISBANE ACT 2010 - SECT 278

278 Existing charge for disqualifying offence

(1) This section applies if a proceeding for a disqualifying offence against a councillor had started before the commencement but has not ended.

(2) The councillor is automatically suspended as a councillor on the commencement.

(3) Chapter 6, part 2, division 8 applies in relation to the councillor as if the councillor was suspended under section 186B.

(4) Immediately after the commencement, the councillor must give a written notice that complies with subsection (5) to each of the following, unless the councillor has a reasonable excuse—

(a) the Minister;

(b) if the councillor is not the mayor—the mayor;

(c) the chief executive officer.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

(5) For subsection (4), the notice must state—

(a) the provision of the law against which the councillor was charged; and

(b) the day the councillor was charged.

(6) The information contained in the notice is taken to be criminal history information for section 186H.