Queensland Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2009 - SECT 169A

169A Councillor training

(1) A councillor must complete approved councillor training about the responsibilities of councillors under section 12 .

(2) The training must be completed by the councillor—

(a) within the period prescribed by regulation; or

(b) if the department’s chief executive extends the period for the councillor—within the extended period.

(3) The department’s chief executive may extend the period under subsection (2) (b) only if the department’s chief executive is satisfied it would be appropriate in the circumstances.

Example of when an extension may be appropriate in the circumstances—

the councillor is unable to complete the training due to unavoidable absence

(4) The department’s chief executive must publish a notice about the approved councillor training on the department’s website within the period prescribed by regulation.

(5) Also, the department’s chief executive must give a notice about the approved councillor training—

(a) to each local government and each councillor of the local government within the period prescribed by regulation; and

(b) if a councillor is appointed or elected to fill a vacancy in the office of another councillor—to the local government and the councillor within 20 business days after the councillor is appointed or elected.

(6) A notice under subsections (4) and (5) must state the following—

(a) a description of the approved councillor training;

(b) the requirements for successful completion of the training;

(c) for a notice given under subsection (5) —when the training must be completed by the councillor.

(7) A regulation may prescribe requirements for the training required under this section, including—

(a) the format of the training; and

(b) requirements about how the training may be successfully completed.

(8) In this section—

"approved councillor training" means training that—

(a) meets the requirements prescribed by regulation under subsection (7) ; and

(b) is approved by the department’s chief executive.