South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts32—Amendment of section 68—Register of Interests
(1) Section 68—after subsection (1) insert:
(1a) If a member of a council fails to submit a return to the chief executive officer before the expiration of 1 month from the end of the period allowed under this Subdivision for the submission of the return, the member is suspended from the office of member of the council.
(1b) Despite any other Act or law, or any determination of the Remuneration Tribunal, a member of a council suspended under subsection (1a)
is not entitled to an allowance under section 76 during the period of suspension.
(2) Section 68(2)—delete "under Division 1 of Part 2 of this Chapter" and substitute:
for the member
(3) Section 68—after subsection (3) insert:
(3a) If a member of a council suspended under subsection (1a) for a failure to submit a return submits (after the commencement of the suspension) to the chief executive officer of the council the return that was required to be submitted—
(a) the chief executive officer must immediately publish a notice on a website determined by the chief executive officer specifying the date on which the member submitted the return; and
(b) the suspension is taken to be revoked on the date of publication of the notice.
(3b) If a member of a council is suspended under subsection (1a) for a continuous period of more than the prescribed period, the council must apply to SACAT for an order disqualifying the member of the council from the office of member under this Act.
(3c) If a member is disqualified under subsection (3b)
, the disqualification extends to all other offices held in the member's capacity as a member of the council or by virtue of being a member of the council.
(3d) Despite section 72, subsections (1a) and (3a) to (3c) do not apply to a member of a council subsidiary or regional subsidiary.