Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section is about the hearing of a complaint of misconduct by a regional conduct review panel or the tribunal.
(2) A regional conduct review panel or the tribunal may hear complaints of misconduct by a number of councillors in the same hearing, unless the defence of any of the councillors may be prejudiced.
(3) The hearing must be conducted in the way set out in chapter 7, part 1.
(4) The regional conduct review panel or tribunal may decide all or part of the hearing from the documents brought before the regional conduct review panel or tribunal, without the parties or the witnesses appearing, if—
(a) the regional conduct review panel or tribunal considers it appropriate in all the circumstances; or
(b) the parties agree.
(5) The standard of proof in the hearing is the balance of probabilities.
(6) The regional conduct review panel or tribunal must keep a written record of the hearing, in which it records—
(a) the statements of the councillor and all witnesses; and
(b) any reports relating to the councillor that are tendered at the hearing.