South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts (1) A council must
prepare and adopt a training and development policy for its members.
(2) The policy—
(a) must
be aimed at assisting members in the performance and discharge of their
functions and duties; and
(b) must
incorporate the prescribed mandatory requirements and comply with any other
requirements prescribed by the regulations; and
(c) may
specify other requirements relating to the conduct and completion of training
and development by members.
(2a) A training and
development policy of a council may make different provision according to
different members of the council.
(2b) If a member of a
council fails to comply with the prescribed mandatory requirements, the
council must suspend the member from the office of member of the council,
unless the member satisfies the council that there were good reasons for the
failure to comply.
(2c) If a council
suspends a member of the council under subsection (2b), the
chief executive officer must give public notice of the suspension as soon as
practicable after determining to suspend the member.
(2d) Despite any other
Act or law, or any determination of the Remuneration Tribunal, a member of a
council suspended under subsection (2b) is not entitled to an allowance
under section 76, or reimbursement of expenses, or any other facility,
service or form of support, that the member would otherwise be entitled to
under this Act, during the period of suspension.
(2e) If a member of a
council who is suspended under subsection (2b) as a result of failing to
comply with the prescribed mandatory requirements satisfies the council that
the member has complied with the prescribed mandatory requirements, the
council must revoke the suspension and give public notice of the revocation.
(2f) If a member of a
council is suspended under subsection (2b) for a continuous period of
more than the prescribed period, the council must apply to SACAT for an order
disqualifying the member from the office of member of the council under this
Act.
(2g) If a member is
disqualified under subsection (2f), 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.
(2h) The
chief executive officer must maintain a register relating to training and
development in accordance with the regulations.
(2i) A member of a
council must, at the request of the chief executive officer, provide to the
chief executive officer, within a period specified in the request, specified
information, or information of a specified kind, relating to training and
development by the member.
(2j) A member of a
council must not contravene, or fail to comply with, a request under
subsection (2i).
(2k) In this
section—
"prescribed mandatory requirements" means the requirements prescribed by the
regulations relating to training and development that must be completed by
members of councils, which may include timeframes for the completion of such
training and development.
(3) A council may from
time to time alter its policy, or substitute a new policy.