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ICONIC QUEENSLAND PLACES REGULATION 2008 No. 164 - SECT 21

21 Frivolous or vexatious complaint

(1) The chief executive may give notice to a person that a complaint made by the person about a breach of the panel members code of conduct by a member will not be dealt with because it appears--

(a) to concern frivolous matter; or
(b) to have been made vexatiously.

(2) The notice must advise the person that if the person again makes the same or substantially the same complaint to the chief executive the person commits an offence under subsection (3).

(3) A person who, after receiving the notice mentioned in subsection (2), again makes the same or substantially the same complaint to the chief executive commits an offence.

Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.

(4) It is a defence to prove that the complaint did not concern frivolous matter and was not made vexatiously.

(5) This section does not apply in relation to a complaint about a statutory breach originally made to the CMC or the ombudsman and referred to the chief executive under this part.



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