Councillor Conduct Register

Council is required to maintain a Councillor Conduct Register. As a result of amendments to the Local Government Act 2009, which took effect on 22 November 2023, Council is no longer required to include ‘dismissed’ matters on the register.

Only the following types of matters will be included on the register:

• Orders made about the unsuitable meeting conduct of councillors, including the chairperson, at its local government meetings.
• Decisions not to start, or to discontinue, investigations of suspected conduct breaches of councillors under section 150AEA.
• Decisions about the suspected conduct breaches of councillors referred to the local government under part 3, division 5.
• Decisions about whether or not councillors engaged in misconduct or a conduct breach made by the conduct tribunal under part 3, division 6.