(1) A person who is a
complaints officer may make a complaint of a minor breach by —
(a)
preparing the complaint in the form required under section 5.107(2); and
(b)
giving the council member about whom the complaint is made a copy of the
complaint; and
(c)
sending —
(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).
(2) A complaints
officer can make a complaint under this section within 6 months after the
breach alleged in the complaint occurred, but not later.
[Section 5.109 inserted: No. 1 of 2007 s. 11;
amended: No. 16 of 2019 s. 54.]