Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A local government may give notice to a person that a complaint made by the person about a breach of the local government's code of conduct by a councillor will not be dealt with because it appears--
(a) to concern frivolous matter; or
(b) to have been made vexatiously.
(2) The notice must advise the person that if the person again makes the same or substantially the same complaint to the local government the person commits an offence under subsection (3).
(3) A person who, after receiving the notice mentioned in subsection (2), again makes the same or substantially the same complaint to the local government commits an offence.
Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.
(4) It is a defence to prove that the complaint did not concern frivolous matter and was not made vexatiously.
(5) This section does not apply in relation to a complaint about a statutory breach originally made to the CMC or the ombudsman and referred to the conduct review panel under section 250U.