Office of Local Government v Neville [2018] NSWCATOD 31

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Office of Local Government v Neville [2018] NSWCATOD 31 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 05 March 2018 Decision date: 05 March 2018 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: R C Titterton, Principal Member Decision: 1. Councillor Michael Gerard Neville is reprimanded.

2. The right of Councillor Michael Gerard Neville to payment as a councillor is suspended for a period of two months from the date of this decision. Catchwords: TRADES AND OCCUPATIONS – misconduct by Councillor who failed to declare pecuniary interests in annual returns– sanctions imposed – relevant considerations Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Local Government Act 1993 Local Government (General) Regulation 2005 Local Government (Orders) Regulation 1999 Subordinate Legislation Act 1989 Cases Cited: Acting Chief Executive, Office of Local Government v Passas (No 2) [2017] NSWCATOD 12 Chen v Health Care Complaints Commission [2017] NSWCA 186 Gayed v Walton [1997] NSWCA 121 Health Care Complaints Commission v Do [2014] NSWCA 307 Health Care Complaints Commission v Karalasingham [2007] NSWCA 267 Health Care Complaints Commission v Litchfield (1997) 41 NSWLR 630 Lee v Health Care Complaints Commission [2012] NSWCA 80 Mehajer v Chief Executive of the Office of Local Government [2014] NSWSC 1804 NSW Bar Association v Meakes [2006] NSWCA 340 Office of Local Government v Bagnall [2014] NSWCATOD 122 Office of Local Government v Campbell [2015] NSWCATOD 129 Office of Local Government v Mehajer [2016] NSWCATOD 10 Office of Local Government v Petty [2015] NSWCATOD 46 Office of Local Government v Smith [2014] NSWCATOD 92 Phillips v Director-General, Department of Premier and Cabinet [2014] NSWCATOD 48 Psychology Board v Garcia [2015] VCAT 128 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Office of Local Government (Applicant) Michael Gerard Neville (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: A H Edwards (Applicant)