Queensland Numbered Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2012 No. 33 - SECT 47

(1) Section 175(1)—

omit, insert—

'(1) This section applies if—

(a) a matter is to be discussed at a meeting of the council or any of its committees; and

(b) the matter is not an ordinary business matter; and

(c) a councillor at the meeting—

(i) has a conflict of interest in the matter (the real conflict of interest); or

(ii) could reasonably be taken to have a conflict of interest in the matter (the perceived conflict of interest).'.

(2) Section 175—

insert—

'(2A) However, a councillor does not have a conflict of interest in a matter—

(a) merely because of—

(i) an engagement with a community group, sporting club or similar organisation undertaken by the councillor in his or her capacity as a councillor; or

(ii) membership of a political party; or

(iii) membership of a community group, sporting club or similar organisation if the councillor is not an office holder for the group, club or organisation; or

(iv) the councillor's religious beliefs; or

(v) the councillor having been a student of a particular school or the councillor's involvement with a school as parent of a student at the school; or

(b) if the councillor has no greater personal interest in the matter than that of other persons in Brisbane.'.

(3) Section 175(4) to (6), 'subsection (3)'—

omit, insert—

'subsection (4)'.

(4) Section 175(5), 'Subsection (6)'—

omit, insert—

'Subsection (7)'.

(5) Section 175(2A) to (9)—

renumber as section 175(3) to (10).