South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts (1) A council may,
after inquiring into a complaint under this Division, do 1 or more of the
following:
(a) pass
a censure motion in respect of the member;
(b)
require the member to issue a public apology (in a manner determined by the
council);
(c)
require the member to undertake a specified course of training or instruction;
(d)
remove or suspend the member from 1 or more offices held in the member's
capacity as a member of the council or by virtue of being a member of the
council (other than the office of member of the council).
(2) If action is taken
in respect of a member of a council under this section, a report on the matter
must be considered in public at a meeting of the council.
(3) In the exercise or
performance of a power or function under this Division, a council (including
any person acting on behalf of, or as a delegate of, the council)—
(a) must
proceed with as little formality and technicality and with as much expedition
as the requirements of this or any other Act and a proper consideration of the
matter permit; and
(b) is
not bound by rules of evidence but may inform itself of any matter in any
manner that the council considers appropriate.