Under Section 70(a1) of Local Government Act 1999, the Council must publish the Register of Interest on its website.
Section 70(a2) provides that the following details are not published:
> a person’s residential address
> any other address supressed from the Register under section 68(4)(a).
This new legislative requirement came into operation on 10 November 2021 and relates to information contained in the Register of current members of Council.
The Register of Interest contains Elected Member primary and ordinary returns. A primary return is completed by the new Elected Member following their election. An ordinary return is completed annually by Elected Members within the first 60 days of a new financial year.