Western Australian Current Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 5.87B

5.87B .         CEOs to disclose gifts

        (1)         A CEO must disclose, in accordance with subsection (2) and section 5.87C, a gift received by the CEO.

        Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $10 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.

        (2)         The disclosure must be made in writing to the mayor or president.

        (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 the CEO.

        (4)         For the purposes of subsection (3)(a), if the gift is 1 of 2 or more gifts made by 1 person to the CEO 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 the CEO if it is a gift that the person would have received even if the person were not the CEO.

        [Section 5.87B inserted: No. 16 of 2019 s. 38.]