Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) A council member
must disclose, in accordance with subsection (2) and section 5.87C, a gift
received by the council member.
Penalty for this subsection:
(a) a
fine of $10 000;
(b) a
daily penalty of a fine of $500 for each day or part of a day during which the
offence continues.
(2) The disclosure
must be made in writing to the CEO.
(3) A person does not
commit an offence against subsection (1) if —
(a) the
amount of the gift does not exceed the amount prescribed for the purposes of
this paragraph; or
(b) the
gift is not received by the person in their capacity as a council member.
(4) For the purposes
of subsection (3)(a), if the gift is 1 of 2 or more gifts made by 1 person to
the council member at any time during a year, the amount of the gift is the
sum of the amounts of those 2 or more gifts.
(5) For the purposes
of subsection (3)(b), the gift is not received by the person in their capacity
as a council member if it is a gift that the person would have received even
if the person were not a council member.
[Section 5.87A inserted: No. 16 of 2019 s. 38;
amended: No. 47 of 2024 s. 161.]