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LOCAL GOVERNMENT (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 2015 (S.R. 2015, NO. 37) - REG 56

Standards Panel to report to mayor
(1)  After determining a complaint, a Standards Panel is to give a report to the mayor (or, if appropriate, the deputy mayor) of the following:
(a) a summary of the complaint;
(b) the name of the respondent councillor;
(c) its determination;
(d) the relevant facts and evidence on which its determination is based;
(e) the reasons for its determination;
(f) any sanction imposed on the respondent councillor.
(2)  However, a report under subregulation (1) is not to be given –
(a) within 28 days after the giving of notification under regulation 55(6) ; or
(b) if either party makes an application to a court in relation to the complaint within that 28-day period, until after the completion of those court proceedings.
(3)  On receiving a report, the mayor (or, if appropriate, the deputy mayor) is to ensure that –
(a) the report is tabled at the next available closed meeting of the council; and
(b) the following information from the report is tabled at the next available open meeting of the council:
(i) a summary of the complaint;
(ii) the determination;
(iii) any sanction imposed on the respondent councillor;
(iv) if a sanction has been imposed, the name of the respondent councillor.
(4)  The Standards Panel is to ensure that a copy of the report is also given to the complainant and the respondent councillor.



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