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SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA 12 MAY 2020
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SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA 12 MAY 2020
e Employees must keep a record of assistance, advice or information provided to councillors as they
would in advising or assisting a member of the public or another authority. This is to be recorded in
Council’s record management system.
Furthermore, a councillor may not request information or a document that:
e ls arecord of the Councillor Conduct Tribunal; or that was a record of a former conduct review body; or
e If disclosure of the information or document to the councillor would be contrary to an order of a court or
tribunal; or
e Would be privileged from production in a legal proceeding on the ground of legal professional privilege.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
This policy applies to the councillors of the Noosa Shire Council. With regard to the application of these
Guidelines to the Mayor, section 12 (4) of the Act is noted wherein the Mayor is given extra local
government responsibilities.
Furthermore, a complaint about the failure to comply with these Guidelines by a councillor may be
considered inappropriate conduct in accordance with section 150K of the Act and will be referred to the
Assessor.
RELEVANT LEGISLATION
Local Government Act 2009:
Section 12 — Responsibilities of Councillors
Section 13 — Responsibilities of local government employees
Section 170 — Giving directions to local government staff
Section 170A — Requests for assistance or information
Section 171 — Use of information by Councillors
Section 171A — Prohibited conduct by Councillor in possession of inside information
Section 200 — Use of information by local government employees
Local Government Regulation 2012
DEFINITIONS
Councillor of a local government includes the Mayor, noting section 12(4) (c) of the Local Government
Act 2009.
CEO is the Chief Executive Officer of the council as prescribed by the Local Government Act 2009.
Local government / council employee includes a person prescribed under a regulation.
Version Reason/ Trigger Change (Y/N Endorsed/ Reviewed by Date
2.0 Review Y, DES 20/05/2020
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