Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) If the chief executive officer refers a complaint to the mayor or deputy mayor, the mayor or deputy mayor may make either or both of the following orders that the mayor or deputy mayor considers appropriate in the circumstances--
(a) an order reprimanding the councillor for the inappropriate conduct;
(b) an order that any repeat of the inappropriate conduct be referred to the department's chief executive as misconduct.
(2) If inappropriate conduct happens in a meeting of the local government or its committees, the chairperson of the meeting may make any 1 or more of the following orders that the chairperson considers appropriate in the circumstances--
(a) an order that the councillor's inappropriate conduct be noted in the minutes of the meeting;
(b) an order that the councillor leave the place where the meeting is being held (including any area set aside for the public), and stay out of the place for the rest of the meeting;
(c) an order that a councillor who fails to leave the place where the meeting is being held when ordered to do so, be removed from the place.