Queensland Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2009 - SECT 158A

158A Councillor must give notice of disqualification

(1) This section applies if a councillor becomes aware the councillor is not qualified to be a councillor under this division.

(2) The councillor must immediately give a notice that complies with subsection (3) to each of the following, unless the councillor has a reasonable excuse—

(a) the Minister;

(b) if the councillor is not the mayor of the local government—the mayor;

(c) the chief executive officer of the local government.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

(3) For subsection (2) , the notice must state—

(a) details about why the councillor is not qualified to be a councillor under this division; and

(b) the day the councillor became disqualified.