Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) A person who has
reason to believe that a council member has committed a minor breach may
complain of the breach by sending to the complaints officer a complaint in
accordance with subsection (2).
(2) The complaint has
to be made in writing, in a form approved by the Minister, giving details of
—
(a) who
is making the complaint; and
(b) who
is alleged to have committed the breach; and
(c) the
contravention that is alleged to have resulted in the breach; and
(d) any
other information that the regulations may require.
(3) Within 14 days
after the day on which the complaints officer receives the complaint, the
complaints officer is required to —
(a) give
to the person making the complaint an acknowledgment in writing that the
complaint has been received; and
(b) give
to the council member about whom the complaint is made a copy of the
complaint; and
(c) send
—
(i)
the complaint; and
(ii)
anything the complaints officer has that is relevant to
the complaint including, where relevant, details of any 2 or more minor
breaches that the council member has previously been found to have committed,
to the member of the
primary standards panel who is appointed under Schedule 5.1 clause 2(a).
(4) A person can make
a complaint under this section within 6 months after the breach alleged in the
complaint occurred, but not later.
[Section 5.107 inserted: No. 1 of 2007 s. 11;
amended: No. 16 of 2019 s. 52.]