449   Returns disclosing interests of councillors and designated persons

(1)  A councillor or designated person must complete and lodge with the general manager, within 3 months after becoming a councillor or designated person, a return in the form prescribed by the regulations.

(1A)  A person must not lodge a return that the person knows or ought reasonably to know is false or misleading in a material particular.

(2)  A person need not lodge a return within the 3-month period after becoming a councillor or designated person if the person lodged a return in that year or the previous year or if the person ceases to be a councillor or designated person within the 3-month period.

(3)  A councillor or designated person holding that position at 30 June in any year must complete and lodge with the general manager within 3 months after that date a return in the form prescribed by the regulations.

(4)  A person need not lodge a return within the 3-month period after 30 June in a year if the person lodged a return under subsection (1) within 3 months of 30 June in that year.

(5)  Nothing in this section prevents a councillor or designated person from lodging more than one return in any year.

(6)  Nothing in this section or the regulations requires a person to disclose in a return lodged under this section an interest of the person’s spouse or de facto partner or a relative of the person.