Pursuant to clause 4.21 of the Code of Conduct, Councillors and Designated Persons are required to lodge a Disclosure of Interest Return to the Chief Executive Officer. The purpose of the disclosure provisions within the Code is to ensure transparency and accountability for Council's actions.
A Designated Person is described in clause 4.8 of the Code as the General Manager (Chief Executive Officer), other senior staff of the Council and persons who hold a position identified by the Council as a position which involves the exercise of functions under the Local Government Act 1993, or any other Act that, in their exercise, could give rise to a conflict between the person's duty as a member of staff or delegate and the person's private interest.
The information contained in these Returns are made publicly available for the previous year's reporting period in accordance with the requirements of the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 [GIPA Act], the Government Information (Public Access) Regulation 2018 and guidelines issued by the Information and Privacy Commission. Council keeps records of past Disclosure of Interest Returns which can be accessed by request.
Pursuant to section 6(5) of the GIPA Act, a record(PDF, 95KB) has been maintained of the information redacted from the Returns.
A record(PDF, 72KB) has also been kept of the information redacted in the preliminary returns of the new Councillors on the basis of an overriding public interest against disclosure.
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