Complaints Register
The Local Government Act 1995 requires a Register of Complaint be maintained.
Section 5.121(1)
The complaints officer for each local government is required to maintain a register of complaints which records all complaints that result in finding under section 5.110(6)(b) that a minor breach has occurred.
Section 5.121(2)
The register of complaints is to include, for each recorded complaint:
- the name of the council member about whom the complaint is made
- the name of the person who makes the complaint
- a description of the minor breach that the standards panel finds has occurred, and
- details of the action taken under section 5.110(6).
Section 5.121(3)
The CEO must publish an up-to-date version of the register of complaints on the local government's official website.
To register a complaint, please download the complaints form here.