Local Government Act 1993 No 30
Current version for 1 March 2013 to date (accessed 21 May 2013 at 23:50)

440G   Formal censure of councillor for misconduct

(1)  A council may by resolution at a meeting formally censure a councillor for misconduct.
(2)  A formal censure resolution may not be passed except by a motion to that effect of which notice has been duly given in accordance with regulations made under section 360 and, if applicable, the council’s code of meeting practice.
(3)  A council may pass a formal censure resolution only if it is satisfied that the councillor has engaged in misconduct on one or more occasions.
(4)  The council must specify in the formal censure resolution the grounds on which it is satisfied that the councillor should be censured.
(5)  A motion for a formal censure resolution may, without limitation, be moved on the report of a committee of the council and any such report must be recorded in the minutes of the meeting of the council.
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