South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts (1) The
chief executive officer must maintain a Register of Interests and must cause
to be entered in the Register all information furnished pursuant to this
Subdivision and Schedule 3.
(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) If a member of a
council fails to submit a return to the chief executive officer within the
time allowed under this Subdivision, the chief executive officer must as soon
as practicable notify the member of that fact and include specific information
about the consequences for the member if a return is not submitted in
accordance with the requirements of this Subdivision.
(3) A notification
under subsection (2) must be given by letter sent to the member by
registered mail.
(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.
(4) Despite this
Subdivision and Schedule 3, if the chief executive officer is satisfied
that—
(a) the
inclusion in the Register of the address of a person would place at risk the
personal safety of that person, a member of that person's family or any other
person, the chief executive officer may suppress the address from the
Register; or
(b) a
person's address is suppressed from the roll under the Electoral
Act 1985 , the chief executive officer must suppress the person's
residential address from the Register.