Queensland Consolidated Regulations

LOCAL GOVERNMENT REGULATION 2012 - REG 186

186 Councillors

(1) The annual report for a financial year must contain particulars of—

(a) for each councillor, the total remuneration, including superannuation contributions, paid to the councillor during the financial year; and

(b) the expenses incurred by, and the facilities provided to, each councillor during the financial year under the local government’s expenses reimbursement policy; and

(c) the number of local government meetings that each councillor attended during the financial year; and

(d) the total number of the following during the financial year—

(i) orders made under section 150I (2) of the Act ;

(ii) orders made under section 150IA (2) (b) of the Act ;

(iii) orders made under section 150AH (1) of the Act ;

(iv) decisions, orders and recommendations made under section 150AR (1) of the Act ; and

(e) each of the following during the financial year—

(i) the name of each councillor for whom a decision, order or recommendation mentioned in paragraph (d) was made;

(ii) a description of the unsuitable meeting conduct, conduct breach or misconduct engaged in by each of the councillors;

(iii) a summary of the decision, order or recommendation made for each councillor; and

(f) the number of each of the following during the financial year—

(i) complaints referred to the assessor under section 150P (2) (a) of the Act by local government entities for the local government;

(ii) matters, mentioned in section 150P (3) of the Act , notified to the Crime and Corruption Commission;

(iii) notices given under section 150R (2) of the Act ;

(iv) notices given under section 150S (2) (a) of the Act ;

(v) occasions information was given under section 150AF (3) (a) of the Act;

(vi) occasions the local government asked another entity to investigate, under chapter 5A, part 3, division 5 of the Act for the local government, the suspected conduct breach of a councillor;

(vii) applications heard by the conduct tribunal under chapter 5A, part 3, division 6 of the Act about whether a councillor engaged in misconduct or a conduct breach; and

(g) the total number of referral notices given to the local government under section 150AC (1) of the Act during the financial year; and

(h) for suspected conduct breaches the subject of a referral notice mentioned in paragraph (g) —

(i) the total number of suspected conduct breaches; and

(ii) the total number of suspected conduct breaches for which an investigation was not started or was discontinued under section 150AEA of the Act ; and

(i) the number of decisions made by the local government under section 150AG (1) of the Act during the financial year; and

(j) the number of matters not decided by the end of the financial year under section 150AG (1) of the Act ; and

(k) the average time taken by the local government in making a decision under section 150AG (1) of the Act .

(2) In this section—

"local government entity" , for a local government, means the following—

(a) the local government;

(b) a councillor of the local government;

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